Bagha Shad

Bagha Shad (Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰍𐰀𐱁𐰑, romanized: baγa šad, simplified Chinese: 莫贺设; traditional Chinese: 莫賀設; pinyin: mòhè shè; Wade–Giles: mo-ho she) was a Göktürk shad or general of the early 7th century CE. He was a close kinsman and subject of the Western Göktürk khagan, Tong Yabghu.^[1] Bagha Shad was probably the father of Böri Shad and may have been the yabghu or prince of the Khazars.^[2]

He is referred to in Chinese sources as having sojourned in China in 618–626, possibly as Tong Yabghu's emissary to the Tang emperor.^[3] Thereafter he disappears from the historical record.^[4]

References

• Artamonov, Mikhail. Istoriya Khazar. Leningrad, 1962.
• Christian, David. A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia. Blackwell, 1999.
• Golden, Peter Benjamin. Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 1992.
• Gumilev, Lev. The Gokturks, 1st ed. Moscow: Nauka, 1967.
• Pletneva, Svetlana. Khazary, 2nd ed. Moscow: Nauka, 1986.