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Baoyi Qaghan, or Alp Bilge Qaghan, was the eighth ruler of Uyghurs. His personal name is not known; therefore, he is often referred to by his Tang dynasty invested title, Baoyi (Chinese: 保義可汗; lit. 'Protecting righteousness'), which was invested on 22 June 808.

Reign

He was known as a zealous Manichean ruler and militarily active ruler. He demanded a Chinese princess from Xianzong of Tang by sending his minister Inanchu Külüg Chigshi on 24 June 810, but the request was refused. Xianzong's reason was the expenses involved. Xianzong asked Manichean priests to pursue Baoyi and drop the request. Baoyi used this opportunity to occupy Tiquan (鵜泉) in April 813. Xianzong's minister of rites, Li Jiang, suspected that Baoyi would make peace with the Tibetan Empire in order to invade China. He suggested that Baoyi's proposal to marry a Tang princess should be accepted to further affirm the alliance between Tang and Uyghurs. His suggestion, however, was not accepted.

His request was only realized when he sent Ulu Tarkhan (Hedagan 合達干) to Emperor Muzong, who married off his sister Princess Yong'an (永安公主) in 821. However, the qaghan soon died after marriage. He was succeeded by his son Chongde Qaghan.

Family

He had at least 4 sons:

1. Chongde Qaghan
2. Zhaoli Qaghan
3. Wujie Qaghan
4. Enian Qaghan

Legacy

He is famous for commission of trilingual (Chinese, Old Turkic, Sogdian) Karabalgasun inscription in Ordu-Baliq.

References

1. Mackerras, Colin. (1972). The Uighur Empire according to the T'ang Dynastic Histories. A study in Sino-Uighur relations 744-840 ( ed.). Canberra: Australian National University Press. ISBN 0708104576. OCLC 624702.
2. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 239.
3. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 241.
4. "KARABALGASUN ii. The Inscription – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2019-10-17.

• 821 deaths
• 9th-century monarchs in Asia
• Ädiz clan
• Manichaeans
• Uyghur khagans