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Bagha Shad (Old Turkic:
, baγa šad, simplified Chinese: 莫贺设; traditional Chinese: 莫賀設; pinyin: mòhè shè; Wade–Giles: mo-ho she) was a Göktürk shad or general of the early 7th century CE. He was a close kinsman and subject of the Western Göktürk khagan, Tong Yabghu.[1] Bagha Shad was probably the father of Böri Shad and may have been the yabghu or prince of the Khazars.[2]
He is referred to in Chinese sources as having sojourned in China from 618-626, possibly as Tong Yabghu's emissary to the Tang emperor.[3] Thereafter he disappears from the historical record.[4]
References
- Artamonov, Mikhail. Istoriya Khazar. Leningrad, 1962.
- Christian, David. A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia. Blackwell, 1999.
- Golden, Peter Benjamin. Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 1992.
- Gumilev, Lev. The Gokturks, 1st ed. Moscow: Nauka, 1967.
- Pletneva, Svetlana. Khazary, 2nd ed. Moscow: Nauka, 1986.
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