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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Sheguy''' or '''Shikui Kaghan''' (r. 611–619 or possibly 610–617 <ref>610 from Christoph Baumer, History of Central Asia, volume two, 2014, page 198, apparently following [[Edouard Chavannes]] who translated from the Chinese. 611 may be from Gumilyov.</ref><br />
) was the third [[khagan]] of the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]]. He was the grandson of [[Tardu]] (575–603) and was followed by his brother [[Tong Yabghu Qaghan]] (c. 618–639) under whom the Kaganate reached its apex.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Western Turkic Empire in present-day [[Turkestan]] was founded as the result of the partition of the main empire after the death of [[Tardu]] in 603. It was also called ''On Ok'' ("Ten arrows") referring to ten powerful tribes in the empire. Five tribes (called [[Dulo clan|Dulo]]) to the northeast and five tribes to the southwest (called [[Nushibi]]) formed the two rival factions, the border line being [[Ili River]].<br />
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==After Partitioning==<br />
Sheguy who was Tardu's grandson and governor of Chach ([[Tashkent]])<ref>Baumer, same page, has him conquer Tashkent. Perhaps he conquered and became governor(?). Baumer also has him raid near Isfahan in 616-17 and 'incorporate the whole of the Altai'.</ref> was expected to be enthroned after the death of Tardu. But the Dulu clan enthroned [[Heshana Khan|Taman]] (also called Heshana Khan) who was a generation younger than Sheguy. But Taman was a very inexperienced ruler and was a puppet of Dulo clan. Nushibi clan as well as [[Silk road]] merchants who suffered from the increasing anarchy supported Sheguy to throne in 611. When Taman partisans arrested a Chinese ambassador to Sheguy, Sheguy revolted and Taman had to flee to [[Sui China]] where he was killed.<ref>L.N.Gumilev: ''Eski Türkler'' (tr: Ahsen Batur), İstanbul, 2002, Selenge Yayınları. ISBN 975-7856-39-8. {{OCLC|52822672}}, p.199-200.</ref><br />
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Sheguy maintained order in his empire and provided security of the silk road. His term marks the beginning of Nushibi supremacy. In 618, he was succeeded by [[Tong Yabghu Qaghan|Tong]] during whose reign Western Turkic Empire reached to apogee.<br />
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