In the brightest periods of the Gok-Turks Empire, the
On-oks and Karluks rebelled. It is very likely that those are proved by Küe-li, the
Eastern khan who supposed his position to be in great danger. The murder of T'ong-Yabgu by
his uncle Se-pi, the commander of the west side of the kingdom, during a dispute resulted
with confusion in the country (630). Eventhough the Nu-şi-pis from the On-oks preferred
themselves to choose a king since they did not want Se-pi as the king, they decided on
Se-Yabgu, the son of T'ong-Yabgu. This time, the rebellion of Töles became determinative
in the dependency of the state to China.
The year of 630 is the darkest year of the great
Gok-Turks' history. The Eastern Kingdom, in this year, submitted to China. In the same
year, also the Western Kingdom had to bear the same consequence. After this time, even
though there were lots of "khans" and sometimes at the same time, in front of
the Western Gok-Turks groups, these were only employees of China. The annexation of the
Western Gok-Turks' countries to China was completed in 658.
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