Sui and Tang · Tribal Leader

Khan Jieli 頓利可汗

Attested AD 742 - AD 747

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Khan Jieli was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 742 to AD 747 天寶
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 134, passage 129

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 1 passage

祖正道，從蕭後入突厥，及破頡利可汗，乃得歸，為尚衣奉御。 His grandfather Zhengdao had followed Empress Xiao into Türkic lands; after Tang forces defeated Khan Jieli, he was able to return home and was appointed master of robes in the imperial wardrobe.