Draft:Ashina Revolt

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{{AFC comment|1=1. I would strongly recommend adding more detail to the intro. Who, what, where, and especially when.

2. There is some mildly non-encyclopedic language, here. "Unable to bear the pain of defeat…” and "…never to establish a state again.” I would probably eliminate the former statement entirely and modify the latter to read something like “and would never establish a state again.” MWFwiki (talk) 03:34, 15 February 2025 (UTC)}}

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The Ashina rebellion was a revolution that resulted in the establishment of the First Turkic khaganate and the fall of the Rouran state.

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Ashina Revolt

| place = Rouran Khaganate

| partof = Rise of the Gokturks

| date = 552

| result = Turkic victory

| combatant1 = Turkic Khaganate

| combatant2 = Rouran Khaganate

| commander1 = Bumin Khagan

| commander2 = A-na-kuei

| strength1 = Unknown

| strength2 = Unknown

| casualties1 = Tiny or none

| casualties2 = All Rourans were killed, enslaved or fled to China

}}

Reason for Revolt

After a series of diplomatic relations, Bumin, the first known Turkic ruler, was officially recognized by the Western Wei state and subsequently annexed the Töles tribes. As a result, he began to see himself as equal to the Rouran state to which he belonged, and to prove this to the Rouran Khagan, he wanted to marry his daughter. For this purpose, he sent an envoy to the Rouran Khan and attempted to marry his daughter. The Rouran leader A-na-kuei rejected this proposal very strongly. He then sent a counter envoy and insulted Bumin by saying, "You are my iron-working slave, how dare you speak to me?". Thus he declared that he did not recognize Bumin as a power. Bumin killed A-na-kuei's envoy.{{Cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Empire|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|year=2016|pages=2127,2128,2129}}{{Cite book|title=Göktürkler|last=Taşağıl|first=Ahmet|publisher=Bilge Kültür Sanat Yayınları|year=2021|location=Istanbul|pages=61,62}}

Revolt

In the spring of 552, the Gokturk horsemen, moving from the southeast of the Altai mountains, crossed the Gobi desert and arrived north of the Huai-huang region outside the Great Wall of China, where they defeated A-na-kuei's army. Unable to bear the pain of defeat, A-na-kuei committed suicide and the Rourans dispersed. Bumin became Il-Kagan and his wife became Khatun. The Rourans were killed and enslaved, never to establish a state again.{{Cite book|title=Türk Kağanlığı|last=Ercilasun|first=A. Bican|publisher=Dergah Yayınları|year=2016|location=Istanbul|pages=38,39}}

References

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:Category:550s

:Category:History of Asia

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