After the death of Bilge, some collapse evidences
appeared in the Kingdom of Gok-Turks. Firstly Khan Turk Bilge (in the Chinese sources,
I-jan) who replaced his father and then his little brothewr Khan Tengri (in Chinese,
Teng-li) succeeded to the trone and sovereignty. In 740, there was again on the throne a
khan named "Khan Tengri", and this was the son of Bilge (the khans after Bilge
are a little bit mixed). Since the khan was a little boy, the administration was done by
his mother (the daughter of Tonyukuk), P'o-fu. The Lady could not control the state,
there were struggles between the members of the kingdom, and the disorder spread through
the country. The Basmils, Karluks and Uygurs come together by making use of this disorder,
and announced as "the khan" (742) the supreme-commander of Basmils from the
family of Aşina, after they began to control the situation. They killed firstly the
Gok-Turks Khan Ozmiş (Vu-su-mi-şi), and then his little brother, the last Gok-Turks'
khan Po-mei. Meanwhile, the allies' frienship was broken. The Basmil Commander (Khan) was
killed and the Uygur Commander was announced as the "khan": Khan Kutlu Kül
Bilge (745). The period of the Uygur Turkish State was beginning in Ötüken.
Nevertheless, some families of the period of Gok-Turks, even the ones coming from the
family of Tonyukuk, continued to be important even in the Uygurs' State and in the period
of Mongols.
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