Qutluq II
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|predecessor=Qutluq Bilge Qaghan
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Yaglakar clanAdopted
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|regnal name=Ay Tengride Ulugh Bolmish Alp Qutluq Külüg Bilge Qaghan ({{langx|otk|𐰖:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰍:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁:𐰞𐰯:𐰸𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰸:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣|label=none}})
Great-born at Moon God, Courageous, Blessed, Glorious, Wise Qaghan
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Alp Qutluq Külüg Bilge Qaghan — seventh khagan of the Uyghur Khaganate and the first one from the Ädiz clan.{{Cite journal|last=Moriyasu|first=Takao|date=2015|title=New Developments in the History of East Uighur Manichaeism|journal=Open Theology|volume=1|issue=1|doi=10.1515/opth-2015-0016|issn=2300-6579|doi-access=free}} His Tang invested title was Huaixin Qaghan ({{Lang-zh|c=懷信可汗|s=|t=|p=|l=Cherishing, Sincere Qaghan}}).Invested on 15 June 795
Life
He was born in the Ädiz clan, was orphaned early in childhood and adopted by the Yaglakar clan. He quickly rose in the ranks thanks to his strategic thinking and rhetorical skill.{{cite book |title=New Book of Tang |url= https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%94%90%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B7217%E4%B8%8A |volume=217a}} He was appointed Grand Chancellor (İl Ögesi in Old Uyghur) with the title Inanchu Bilge around 782. He was the who met Chinese embassy bringing Tun Baga Tarkhan's uncle's body back. He was also present as the head of delegation to Chang'an in marriage ceremony for qaghan and Princess Xian'an (咸安公主) in 788. He commanded the Uyghur army against Tibetans who were aided by Karluk Yabgu State ruler Alp Burguchan{{Cite journal|last=TAŞAĞIL|first=AHMET|date=2014-06-26|journal=Türkiyat Mecmuası|volume=24|issue=1|pages=75|doi=10.18345/tm.09461|issn=0085-7432|title=Karluklarin Coğrafi Dağilimi Üzerine|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/iuturkiyat/issue/18521/195447}} who united Chigils, Bulaqs and Shatuo, near Beshbaliq in 790. As the result Yang Xigu (楊襲古) Commander of Beiting Protectorate committed suicide. Although Chinese sources states that it was Inanchu who killed him in November 791.{{Cite book |title=The Uighur Empire according to the T'ang Dynastic Histories. A study in Sino-Uighur relations 744-840 |last=Mackerras |first=Colin |date=1972 |publisher=Australian National University Press|isbn=0708104576|edition=2nd |location=Canberra |oclc=624702}} He was appointed as regent of Qutluq Bilge Qaghan since he was a minor in 790.
Reign
After Qutluq Bilge's untimely death he succeeded to the qaghanate upon election of nobles. He didn't change his surname to original one but kept Yaglakar name, nevertheless he exiled all of remaining princes from cadet branches to Chang'an.{{Cite journal|last=Xin|first=Luo|date=2013|title=Chinese of Karı Çor Tigin Inscription and the Genealogy of Karı Çor Tigin|journal=International Journal of Turkish Literature Culture Education|language=en|volume=2/2|issue=2|pages=62–78|doi=10.7884/teke.187|issn=2147-0146|doi-access=free}} One of his first deeds was to adopt Manichaeism as the state religion again in 803, after a visit to Manichean temple in Qocho.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5pOdtwAACAAJ |title=Ein Manichäisches Buch-Fragment aus Chotscho|date=1912|pages=147|language=de}} According to Colin Mackerras and Takao Moriyasu, he did not have any relations with China until 805 and this led Chinese historians to believe that khagan died in 805.{{cite web |first=Colin |last=Mackerras |url=http://journals.manas.edu.kg/mjtc/oldarchives/2004/11_772-2041-1-PB.pdf |title=RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UIGHURS AND TANG CHINA 744–840 |pages=93–106}}{{Cite book |title=Shiruku Rōdo to Tō Teikoku|last=Moriyasu |first=Takao |date=2007|publisher=Kōdansha|isbn=9784062807050|location=Tōkyō|oclc=133116309}} This was further proven by surprise at Chinese court when they witnessed Manicheans among the embassy in 806. Qaghan requested the Manichean temples to be reopened in China.
His reign saw territorial expansion of the khaganate, subjugation of Yenisei Kyrgyz, defeat of Karluk Yabgu State and Tibetan Empire in Tarim Basin, conquest of Beshbaliq in 790, Karashar and Kucha in 798. New western border was the river Syr-Darya.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/karabalgasun-the-inscription|title=KARABALGASUN ii. The Inscription – Encyclopaedia Iranica|website=www.iranicaonline.org|access-date=2019-10-08}} He also possibly aided Rafi ibn al-Layth against Abbasids.{{Cite journal|last=Bosworth|first=C. E.|date=2012-04-24|title=Rāfiʿ b. al-Layt̲h̲ b. Naṣr b. Sayyār|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/*-SIM_6184|journal=Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition|language=en|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_6184|url-access=subscription}}
Death
He died sometime after March 808 and was followed by Baoyi Qaghan.