Bayanchur Khan (Moyun Chor)

Bayanchur succeeded his father Qutlugh Bilge Köl and spent twelve years putting down revolts of subject tribes and consolidating the Uyghur state. On the Selenga river he had Sogdian and Chinese craftsmen build the town of Bay Baliq.

When the An Lushan rebellion broke out in China in 755, the Tang court asked the Uyghurs for help. In 757 Uyghur horsemen took part in recapturing Chang'an and Luoyang from the rebels, and in return the Tang began paying the Uyghurs large amounts of silk every year. The Shine-Usu inscription, in which Bayanchur tells his own story, is one of the main sources of Uyghur history.