Tardush Shad

Reign In 618 or 625 He installed his son Tardu in Kunduz to rule over with title of Tokharistan Yabgu .

Family and death He was married two times, both times to a daughter of Qu Boya (麴伯雅) ruler of Gaochang. When Xuanzang visited Kunduz, he also brought a letter from his brother-in-law and ruler of Gaochang Qu Wentai (麴文泰) to Tardu. Yabgu received him despite being ill. Tardu advised him to make a trip westward to Balkh (modern Afghanistan), to see Buddhist sites and relics. Xuanzang also witnessed a palace scandal when Tardu's firstborn son Ishbara Tegin fell in love with his new step-mother (also aunt) and poisoned Tardu in 630.