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Qimin Khagan
Qimin Khagan was a ruler of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate from 599 to 609. A prince who had lost out in the Turkic civil wars, he took refuge with the Sui dynasty, married a Sui princess and was installed as khagan with Chinese support. He remained a loyal ally of the Sui emperors Wen and Yang, a relationship his son Shibi Khagan later reversed.
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