the turkic tribes 393(Chiu T’ang shu 194A:13b; Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6664).
In the 8th (Sep./Oct.) and 9th month (Oct./Nov.) of 711, Turkish
envoys were received at the T’ang court (Ts’e-fu yüan-kuei p.5026).
On Mar.7, 712, the emperor gave a banquet for a Turkish envoy and
introduced the Princess of Chin-shan to him. But Jui-tsung abdicated
on Aug.21, 712, and the marriage never took place (Chiu T’ang-shu
194A:13b;Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6671).
In the 1st (February) and 2nd month (March) of 713, Turkish envoys
offered gifts (Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.5027).
In the summer of 713, a son of Mo-ch’o was received at the T’ang
court and again requested a marriage. Emperor Hsüan-tsung enfeoffed
a lady of the imperial clan as Princess of Nan-ho, but that marriage
also failed to be concluded (Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6686).
In the 2nd month (Feb./Mar.) of 714, Hsüan-tsung received a Turk-
ish envoy in audience (Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.5027).
In the same 2nd month of 714, Mo-ch’o sent a son and a brother-
in-law to attack the Chinese garrison in Pei-t’ing (Besbalïq) near
Urumchi in Zungharia. They were defeated and the son was killed.
The brother-in-law feared to return and deserted to the Chinese. He
was appointed General-in-chief of the Guards of the Left, enfeoffed
as king of Yen-pei commandery, and given a residence, ten slaves,
ten horses, and 1000 items of objects. His wife was made the Princess
of Chin-shan (Chiu T’ang shu 194A:13b; T’ung-tien 198:43a; Tzu-chih
t’ung-chien p.6696).
On June 11, 714, envoys from Mo-ch’o once more requested a
marriage. He assumed at this time the title of Sheng-t’ien-ku-to-lu
Qaghan (Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6699).
On Nov.26, 714, envoys from Mo-ch’o requested a marriage for the
last time. Hsüan-tsung agreed and set 715 as the date for the occasion
(Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6706), but other events superceded.
In 716, Mo-ch’o attacked the Uighurs and fell in battle. The victors
sent his head to the Chinese capital (Chiu T’ang shu 8:7b; T’ung-tien 198:
43a;Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6719; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 343:10a).
Mo-ch’o had in 699 enfeoffed his heir as Junior Qaghan. On his
father’s death, he became qaghan but was immediately overthrown
and killed with all his brothers by his first paternal cousin Ch’üeh-t’e-le
(Kul-tegin). This was a son of Ku-to-lu. He enthroned his elder brother
as the P’i-chia Qaghan (Bilgä) (Chiu T’ang shu 194A:14a; T’ung-tien 198:
43a;Tzu-chih t’ung-chien p.6719; Wen-hsien t’ung-k’ao 343:10a).