Tonyukuk

(Ser. VII - prim. Thur. VIII cc.)
Tonyukuk lived in the middle. VII - prim. Thur. VIII centuries. His life activity was associated with the revival of the East Turkic Kaganate, with the restoration of its independence in the struggle with China, which were sealed on a stone stele Old Turkic script. Tonyukuk was a close adviser and ally restorer Eastern Turkic state Kutlug Hagan, who took office Elterish Kagan. Then he was in the top commander in Kaganate Elterisha brother, who after his death, Hagan.
Tonyukuk managed several victories in military operations against Turgeshes and Chinese, along with his sons Elterisha Bilge Kagan and Kц?hl-tegin, revived after arising from the revolt Oguz power crisis Second Turkic empire.
In the Orkhon text there is an inscription in honor of Tonyukuk, where the narrative is first person. Story about the war ends in a peculiar feature in the final form of self-praise
. "Since I, . wise Tonyukuk, . the land has reached, . yellow gold, . light silver, . Women (and) girls, . blankets (carpets) (and) treasures without number were born: My my Hagan, . wise Tonyukuk, . listened to the arguments (and) said: I obey (him as) kinsman by kinsman of wisdom and glory ",
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Similar passages appear in the text of "Diwan lugat Al-Turki, Mahmoud Kashgari. This is a testament to the poetic and ideological continuity of the ancient tradition, which found expression in the inscriptions on Tonyukuk.