Duolu Qaghan (full title: ) was a ruler of the Western Turkic Khaganate during 632–634 or 633–634.[632 and Tughluq from Baumer, Hist. Central Asia, 2, 205]
Early life
He was
Bagha Shad's son. After his uncle
Tong Yabgu was killed by Külüg Sibir, the candidate of eastern or
Duolu faction (the other being the western
Nushibi faction) the Duolu tribes became the dominant power of the western empire. Nishu, then a partisan of rival
Nushibi clan supported his cousin (Tong's son) Dieli Teqin to throne in 631. In 633 after a coup, Dieli escaped to south and Nushibi clan supported Nishu who was a living in
Karasahr (now a city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of
China) to throne.
According to the Turkish historian Prof. Dr. Aydın Usta, who relies on the medieval Persian historian Al-Tabari, Ibn al-Athir and Al-Baladhuri, Duolu tried to help Khosrow III against the armies of the Arabic caliphate and participated in minor battles, but he had to return east because of a rebellion.[Prof. Dr. Aydın Usta, Türkler ve İslamiyet, Yeditepe Yayınevi, 1. Baskı, March 2020, s. 56-57 ( using the Turkish translation of Al-Baladhuri's Fütuh el-Buldan, Al-Tabari's Tarih er-Rüsul ve'l-müluk) and the el-Kamil fi't-Tarih of İbn Al-Athir as sources)]
Reign
Beginning with his reign, the Nushibi clan became the dominant power. In 634 after a year of rule he died and left his throne to his brother
Tong Shad (later
Ishbara Tolis).
[L.M.Gümilev :Eski Türkler, tr:Ahsen Batur, Selenge yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, , , pp.266-267]
