There is not any action of Bilge, who was lost
two of his helpers, instead of the victory he had gained in the Mountain of Töngkes
against the K'i-tans and Tatabis in the summer of 734. Bilge sent an envoy to the Emperor
to inform about his expressions of gratitude for the decision of his marriage with a
Chinese princess; but this marriage did not realize. Because Bilge was poisoned by the
Buyrukçur mentioned before. Until his death, this minister at first and then his allies
were annihilated by Bilge, who died in 25 November 734 (the year of "Il", 10th
month, 26). He had become for 19 years "şad" and for 19 years the
"khan". As it is mentioned in the Chinese sources, he was known with "his
love towards the Turkish Nation", to which he was trusting very much. "O Turkish Nation, if above
the sky that does not fall down, below the earth does not hole, who could be destroy his
state and traditions" (inscriptions) said Bilge. He also said such on the monument
constructed by his son: "… Since God is in the above, and the earth in the below
ordered, I brought my nation to the places, their eyes did not see, and that the ears did
not hear, especially to the east in front, to the west in behind, to the noon in here, and
to the up until midnight. I made my Turks, to my nation gain the yellow of the gold, the
white of the silver, the pure of the silk, the special of the house, the black of the
ermine, and the grey of the squirrel".
The death of
Khan Bilge made the Turkish Nation, that they were still remembering the grief of Kül
Tegin, in mourning. The Emperor of China announced the mourning in his country, and
informed about his condolence. A preparation of the construction a mausoleum and an
inscription for Bilge, was begun. The text was written by Yollig Tegin again and he
scratched it on the stone in 4 days and a month (735). A Chinese inscription was also
added on it according to the wish of the Emperor of China.
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