The Death of Kül Tegin (731)            

        In the year of 731, Kül Tegin had died (in the old Turkish calendars, 17th day of the year of the "sheep"=731, February 27). He had 47 year-old, and he had the titles of Inançu, Apa, Tarkan. He devoted his life to the exaltedness of the Turkish nation from 7 year-old. His strength, and warriorship was praised in the documents of the Turks and the Chinese people. One of Kül Tegin's great heroic acts was seen when the Nine-Oguzs were attacked unexpectedly to the headquarters of Gok-Turks in 716. Khan Bilge explains as: "My mother could be the Lady, and the big women, my bride, and my princesses could be the concubines. The dead ones could be remained on the road.

 

        Kül Tegin did not delivered the headquarters. You all would be dead if he would not be". (inscriptions). Her are some sincere expressions on the inscriptions about the hero whom death created a big grief in the kingdom (by Bilge): "My little brother Kül Tegin has died, my seeing eyes become blind, my knowing knowledge becomes ignorant. The time is under God's preordaining. The noble was created to die. I'm in the mourning, I become decrepit with the tears on the eyes, and with the cry from the heart… I become cautious with the idea of my nation's eyes, and eyebrows getting bad from crying". The same sadness was felt also in China, and the Emperor was sent a letter of condolence to Ötüken with a special envoy. He desired to scratch a Chinese text on the monument which would be constructed in the memory of Kül Tegin.