Person

Illig Qaghan

11th qaghan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate

b. 590 CE – d. 645 CE World The Far East

Illig Qaghan, later Tang posthumous title Prince Huang of Guiyi, is the eleventh qaghan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.

He attacks the Tang empire and is defeated by a revolt of the Tiele tribes led by the Uyghurs and the Syr-Tardush.

He is the final Qaghan of the first Eastern Turkic Khaganate; the Western Turkic Khaganate continues for 28 years more.