to the Khagans of the first Göktürk Khaganate. His brothers were Ashina Mochuo and Ashina Duoxifu. Qaghatun El Bilga Khatun Children Bilge Qaghan Kul Tegin Toŋa Tegin Kultegin's memorial complex Ilterish is mentioned also in 10 to 12 lines of the Kultegin inscription as follows: ...Then Turk Tengri above, Turkish holy Earth and Water said as follows: "In order to Turkish people would not go to ruin and in order to should be a nation again", They rose my father Ilterish Kagan and my mother Ilbilga Katun, to the top and sat them upwards on the throne. My father, the kagan gathered together seventeen brave Lords... Tengri gave them power. My father's army was like wolves, their enemies were like sheep..." Legacy Kutlu, Kutluk, İlter and İlteriş are common masculine Turkish given names, which are used in memory of Ilterish Qaghan. Mihaly Dobrovits believes he changed lateral system of succession to primogeniture, thus trying to avoid fate of the First Turkic Khaganate. On 23 August 2022, his memorial complex and an inscription written in Turkic and Sogdian was found at Khangai Mountains, in Mongolia's Otuken region. References Sources External links Göktürks (Blue Turks) Kingdoms of Central Asia 7th-century births 694 deaths Göktürk khagans Ashina house of the Turkic Empire 7th-century Turkic people Founding monarchs Tengrist monarchs