Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan

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Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan (full title: Yǐpíshābōluóyèhùkĕhàn 乙毗沙钵罗叶护可汗, personal name: Ashina Baobu 阿史那薄布) was a qaghan of the Nushibi faction in Western Turkic Khaganate.

Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan
Qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate (Nushibi faction)
Reign	640–641
Predecessor	El Kulug Shad
Successor	Irbis Seguy
Born	Ashina Baobu 阿史那薄布
Died	641
House	Ashina
Father	Genna Shad (伽那设)
Religion	Tengrism

Reign

Irbis Ishbara Yabgu Qaghan was a son of Genna Shad (伽那设), thus a nephew of El Kulug Shad.^[1] However, according to some sources he was a son of Ashina Tong.^[2] He was acknowledged as khagan by Emperor Taizong of Tang. He sent governors to the Tarim Basin, Tashkent, Samarkand and Bactria to assert his rule.^[1] However, he was killed by men on the orders of Yukuk Shad in 641.