Person
Tardu
Son of Istämi and, after his father’s death in 575 or 576, ruler of the western wing of the Turkic Khaganate — Datou Qaghan in the Chinese histories. He backed Apa Qaghan against Ishbara in the civil war, proclaimed himself supreme khagan in 599, but lost his followers to a revolt of the Tiele and in 603 fled to the Tuyuhun, after which the khaganate remained divided.
- Dates
- … – 603
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Central and Northern Asia
- In the threads
- Central Asia and the steppe (6th–10th c.)
Events
- Civil war and split of the Turkic Khaganate581–603 · Central and Northern Asia