Bo Fuzhun

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Approximate location of the Turk Shahis

Bo Fuzhun, also Bofuzhun (Chinese language: 勃匐準 Bo-fu-zhun, ruled from 745 CE per Chinese sources) was a ruler of the Turk Shahis. He is only known in name from Chinese imperial accounts and possibly numismatic sources. The identification of his coinage remains conjectural.

Chinese accounts

Bo Fuzhun appears in the Chinese annals of the

Jiu Tangshu and Tang Huiyao.[2]

天寶四年,又冊其子勃匐準為襲罽賓及烏萇國王,仍授左驍衛將軍
In the 4th year of the Tianbao reign [745 CE]

Uddiyana. He was conferred the title of "General of Left Stalwart Guard".

— Old Book of Tang, Book 198.[3][4]

Coinage

According to Kuwayama

Uddiyana (烏萇國).[1]

Relation with Khingal

There is a possibility that the

Khingal of the Arabs, a ruler of the Turk Shahis, is identical with the Bo Fuzhun.[5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Kuwayama 1993s, p. 388, Coin E.211-E.216.
  2. ^ Kuwayama, S. (2002). Across the Hindukush of the First Millennium: a collection of papers (PDF). INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES KYOTO UNIVERSITY. p. 259.
  3. . Chinese original: 天寶四年,又冊其子勃匐準為襲罽賓及烏萇國王,仍授左驍衛將軍。
  4. ^ Kuwayama, S. (2002). Across the Hindukush of the First Millennium: a collection of papers (PDF). INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES KYOTO UNIVERSITY. p. 259.
  5. ^ Kuwayama, Shoshin (1999). "Historical Notes on Kapisi and Kabul in the Sixth-Eighth Centuries" (PDF). ZINBUN. 34: 44.
  6. ^ "The Countenance of the other (The Coins of the Huns and Western Turks in Central Asia and India) 2012-2013 exhibit: 15. The Rutbils of Zabulistan and the "Emperor of Rome"". Pro.geo.univie.ac.at. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  7. ^ Inaba, Minoru. "From Kesar the Kābulšāh and Central Asia". Academia. p. 446.
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Notes

  1. ^ Tianbao (天寶, 742–756), era name used by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

Sources

Preceded by Turk Shahis
745-? CE
Succeeded by
Possibly
Khingal