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The Frst Years of
Khan Bilge and the Rebellions of Oguz
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Bilge, with the insistence of his brother,
became Khan (716-734). And Kül Tegin undertook the duty of being the supreme military
command of the Gok-Turks' armies. Tonyukuk, who was a member of the high court from 705,
and who was not touched for being the father-in-law of Bilge, was given his ex duty, the
duty of being the "Ayguçi" (councilor of the state). But, there was a general
fatique and weariness: "God enthroned me in order the Turkish clan would survive.
I've been the khan to a clan, internally without food and externally without clothes. We
agreed with my brother in order not to be forgotten the name and the esteem of our nation
which was gained by our father and uncle. I did not sleep at nights, and sit at days for
the Turkish Nation. We worked to death with Kül Tegin and şads". (Inscriptions).
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- The struggle with
Oguzs was continuing severely as it was before. That year Bilge was on the mobilization
even though it was the year of dearth and famine which caused to the death of most f the
animals. The Three-Oguzs who were coming through Ötüken were driven away. The Oguzs that
attacked with Nine Tatars, were defeated in two wars realized in Agu, and the Oguz groups
were with driven towards the Chinese borders by leaving their country (717-718). There
were wars with the Uygur Il-Tebers who rebelled in 717, and Karluks that attempted to
rebel again in 718, and they got the victory.
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