Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan

Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan was a qaghan of the Nushibi faction in Western Turkic Khaganate in 630 and 641.

Name He had multiple names recorded in Chinese annals. His personal name is not recorded, however, several modern works refer to him as Ashina Bobu (阿史那薄布). The Old Book of Tang refers to him as Bopu Tegin . Xue Zhongzheng reconstructed his Turkic name as *Basliq (leader). His full regnal name was Yipi Shabolue Yehu Qaghan . Lev Gumilev reconstructed his regnal name as Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan.

Biography Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan's father was Kana Shad , who was described as a brother of Ishbara Tolis Qaghan. Josef Markwart identified his father with Kana (from the Bukhar Khudahs), who is said to have introduced the minting of coins in Bukhara. He was acknowledged as qaghan by Emperor Taizong of Tang following the death of his cousin, El Kulug Shad. Choosing Suyab as his capital, he sent governors to the Tarim Basin, Tashkent, Samarkand and Bactria to assert his rule. However, he was killed by the tudun of Tashkent on the orders of Yukuk Shad in 641. Yukuk absorbed his realm while the Nushibi faction promoted another cousin as qaghan after him.