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Zhangxin Qaghan (Chinese: 彰信可汗; lit. 'Manifesting sincerity') or Alp Külüg Bilge Qaghan was the eleventh ruler of Uyghurs. His personal name was Yaoluoge Hu (藥羅葛胡). He succeeded his uncle in 833.

Reign

Chinese records state that he sent an embassy led by Princess Taihe to Tang, accompanied with seven women horse-archers and two Shatuo captives on 16 June 835.

His peace policy with China proved him an unpopular ruler. This led to a rebellion in 839 by the Sogdian official An Yunhe (安允合) and Uyghur minister Chai Lei (柴勒). Qaghan was able to defeat and kill them, but a subsequent battle against another Uyghur official, general Jueluowu (掘羅勿) along with the Shatuo chief Zhuye Chixin was lost. Zhangxin died by suicide following the battle. He was succeeded by Qasar Qaghan.

References

1. Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 244.
2. 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.
3. Çandarlıoğlu, Gülçin (2004). Uygur devletleri tarihi ve kültürü: Çin kaynakları ve Uygur kitabelerine göre (in Turkish). İstanbul: Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. ISBN 9789754981674. OCLC 57231275.
4. Drompp, Michael Robert, 1953- (2005). Tang China and the collapse of the Uighur Empire : a documentary history. Leiden: Brill. p. 35. ISBN 9004141294. OCLC 56318277.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• 839 deaths
• 9th-century monarchs in Asia
• Medieval suicides
• Heads of state who died by suicide
• Ädiz clan
• Uyghur khagans
• Royalty who died by suicide