Sui and Tang · Khitan Khan

Zhaogu Khan 昭古可汗

Zhāogǔ kèhán

Attested AD 830 - AD 840

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhaogu Khan was a Khitan Khan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 830 to AD 840 昭古可汗
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 236
AD 830 to AD 840 遼之先，世次不可考
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 63, passage 25

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Named as an early Liao forebear
Succession · Participant
Directly stated · History of Liao 63, passage 25

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 45, passage 236

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 15: Official Posts 1 · 1 passage

掌遙輦窪可汗、阻午可汗、胡剌可汗、蘇可汗、鮮質可汗、昭古可汗、耶瀾可汗、巴剌可汗、痕德堇可汗九世宮分之事。 It tended the palace estates of nine Yaolian khans from Waqihan through Hendejian.

History of Liao, Chapter 63Volume 63 Tables 1: Lineage · 1 passage

其所不可知者，有若奇首可汗、胡剌可汗、蘇可汗、昭古可汗，皆遼之先，而世次不可考矣。 What remains unknowable includes such early khans as Qishou, Hula, Su, and Zhaogu — all forebears of Liao — whose order of succession cannot be established.