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𐰅𐰠𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀

Elbilgä

Meaning:
regnal name

The form Elbilgä is also written İlbilgä or El Bilgä. It occurs in royal titles, so individual attestations need not represent birth names.

Historical figures known under this name include:

  • Elbilgä Qatun, consort of Elteriş Kağan and mother of Bilgä Kağan and Kül Tegin (Kül Tegin E11; Bilgä Kağan E10).
  • Elbilgä Katun, consort of the Uyghur ruler Moyun Çor, named in the Tariat inscription (south 6; west 1).
  • Elbilgä Kunçuy, a princess commemorated in the Bömbögör inscription (line 2); her biography is otherwise unknown.
  • El Bilgä Täŋri Elig, a ruler of the western Uyghur kingdom attested around 954; El Bilgä is part of his royal designation.
Alternative spellings:
𐰃𐰠𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀

Examples

Translations

German:
Herrschername
Russian:
тронное имя
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
hökmdarlıq adı
Turkish (Türkiye):
hükümdarlık adı

Bibliography 2

  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    p. 254, onomastic subentry under El
  • Erhan Aydın (2021) Eski Türk Yazıtlarında “Bilge” Unvanının Kullanımı Üzerine Değerlendirmeler
    p. 72, listing of names of court women