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Tonyukuk

Gokturk army commander · Politicians · Lived 646 to 724 · aged 78

Tonyukuk or Ashide Yuanzhen was the baga-tarkhan and adviser of four successive Göktürk khagans - Ilterish Qaghan, Qapaghan Qaghan, Inel Qaghan and Bilge Qaghan.

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He conducted victorious campaigns against various Turkic and non-Turkic steppe peoples, such as the Tölis, Xueyantuo, Toquz Oguz, Yenisei Kyrgyz, Kurykans, Thirty Tatar, Khitan and Tatabi as well as the Tang dynasty. He was described as a kingmaker by historians such as E. P. Thompson and Peter Benjamin Golden.

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Politicians
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Deceased
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Lived 646 to 724 · aged 78