Istämi
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| Traditional Chinese | 室點密 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 室点密 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 瑟帝米 | ||||||||
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| Old Turkic |        Estemi qaγan |
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Istämi was the ruler of the western part of the Göktürks, the Western Turkic Khaganate and dominated the Sogdians.1 He was the yabgu (vassal) of his brother Bumin Qaghan in 553 AD. His son was Tardu.
Activities
During his rule Istami established diplomatic relations with the Persian and Byzantine Empires, defeated the Hepthalites, and acted as an elder statesman during the disintegration of the eastern half of the empire. We know a great deal about him from the diplomatic missions of the Byzantine Empire.
As the brother of Tuman he ruled the far-western region of their khanate. His son was Tardu. As a Yabghu, he was autonomous and had de facto sovereignty while officially recognizing the authority of the qaghan. After Khushu’s death he arranged the division of the territory into three realms east, central, and west and distributed them between Jotan, Arslan, and Shetu, respectively.
İstemi and İstemihan are Turkish given names honouring him.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Wood, Francis (2002). The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 238–239. ISBN 978-0-520-24340-8.
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Istämi
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| Preceded by none |
Yabgu of the Western Turkic Khaganate 553 - 575 |
Succeeded by Tardush Qaghan |
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