Muqan Qaghan

Muqan was a son of Bumin Qaghan and came to the throne after the death of his brother Issik Qaghan. The Chinese chronicles describe him as brave, stern and sharp-eyed. In his reign the remnants of the Rouran were wiped out, and the Khitans in the east and the Kyrgyz in the north submitted to the Göktürks.

Muqan played the two rival dynasties of northern China, the Northern Zhou and the Northern Qi, against each other and received gifts from both. In 568 his daughter, Empress Ashina, married Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou. The Bugut inscription found in Mongolia names the Göktürk khagans of his time.