Person

Kül Tigin

d. 731 · 8th century

Kul Tigin was a prince and military commander of the Second Turkic Khaganate, brother of the ruler Bilge Khagan. He died in 731, and his memorial inscription in the Orkhon valley is one of the earliest surviving texts in the Old Turkic language. His career belongs to the late phase of the Gokturk Empire.

Kül Tigin
Image: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 profile

Gokturk EmpireMilitary, Decline

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kül Tigin. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kul-tigin
MLA
“Kül Tigin.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kul-tigin. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Kül Tigin.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kul-tigin.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kül Tigin’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kul-tigin (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻