The Rebellions of Black Turgiş and Karluk            

        Khan Kapagan's severity, intolerant harshness was increasing the disorder, and as it was seen, was resulting the Turkish clans to rebel. In 711, although Kül Tegin suppressed the Black- Turgiş's rebellion, the Karluk rebellion lasted for 3 years beginning from that year. The Chinese provoked, and it increased violently with the contributions of On-oks. In those distressful days in which the Emperor Çung-tsung mobilized his forces to the providence of Kan-su against the Gok-Turks, the Karluks and their allies, that came from their countries of "Turkistan" to Ötüken, would be stopped only by Kapagan, Bilge and Kül Tegin's common act and destroyed with a harsh war done in the Tarnig Iduk-başi (the source of the River of Tarnir.

 

        The place where the Gok-Turks used to organize ceremonies in every May). Some of the Karluk group and the others took shelter from China, and they were settled to the region of San-yuan. The Tarnig Iduk-başi War was won at just the right moment, and the intervention of the Chinese forces, that chose as the target of force the Gok-Turks to fight in the two sides, was prevented which was planned to be to the advantage of Karluks. Now, it was necessary to get rid of the preparations of China. There had been an attack to Beş-balik, the Chinese center of concentration (714). According to the Chinese sources, the army, led by Khan Inal, Tung-iç Tegin and the uncle of khan, surrounded Beş-balik. It is understood from the inscriptions that Bilge was also joined to this act but they could not possess the city. But with this act, the attack to the Turks by the China, that was contended to gain the victory on the Turkish clans in the Tokmak by making use of the disorder, was removed.