Bögü Qaghan
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Bögü Qaghan was an 8th-century ruler of the Uyghur Khaganate known for his conversion to Manichaeism and for making it the state religion of his empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bögü Qaghan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7347150 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bögü Qaghan Context triple: [Uyghur Khaganate, notableRuler, Bögü Qaghan]
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A.
Qutlugh Bilge Kül Qaghan
Qutlugh Bilge Kül Qaghan was the founding khagan of the Uyghur Khaganate, who established Uyghur dominance in Central Asia in the mid-8th century.
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B.
Batu Khan
Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol ruler and military commander who founded the Golden Horde and led the Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe.
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C.
Toghrul (Wang Khan)
Toghrul (Wang Khan) was a powerful Kerait khan and early ally-turned-rival of Genghis Khan who played a key role in the rise of the Mongol Empire.
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D.
Duwa Khan
Duwa Khan was a prominent Mongol ruler of the Chagatai Khanate known for directing major incursions into the Indian subcontinent during the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
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E.
Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of the Chagatai Khanate, a major Mongol khanate in Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bögü Qaghan Target entity description: Bögü Qaghan was an 8th-century ruler of the Uyghur Khaganate known for his conversion to Manichaeism and for making it the state religion of his empire.
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A.
Qutlugh Bilge Kül Qaghan
Qutlugh Bilge Kül Qaghan was the founding khagan of the Uyghur Khaganate, who established Uyghur dominance in Central Asia in the mid-8th century.
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B.
Batu Khan
Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol ruler and military commander who founded the Golden Horde and led the Mongol invasions of Eastern Europe.
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C.
Toghrul (Wang Khan)
Toghrul (Wang Khan) was a powerful Kerait khan and early ally-turned-rival of Genghis Khan who played a key role in the rise of the Mongol Empire.
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D.
Duwa Khan
Duwa Khan was a prominent Mongol ruler of the Chagatai Khanate known for directing major incursions into the Indian subcontinent during the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
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E.
Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of the Chagatai Khanate, a major Mongol khanate in Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
8th-century ruler
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Uyghur khagan ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| allyOf | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broughtBy | Manichaean missionaries from Tang China ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | coup d’état ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 8th century ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 779 ⓘ |
| diedIn | Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yaglakar clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Uyghur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foreignPolicy | military and diplomatic involvement in Tang affairs ⓘ |
| governmentTypeUnderRule | nomadic empire ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Inner Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
close relations with Tang China
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patronage of Manichaean clergy ⓘ |
| language | Old Uyghur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madeStateReligion | Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conversion to Manichaeism
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establishing Manichaeism as state religion of the Uyghur Khaganate ⓘ intervention in Tang dynasty politics ⓘ |
| opposedBy | anti-Manichaean faction at his court ⓘ |
| participatedIn | suppression of the An Lushan Rebellion ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Khagan of the Uyghur Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Tengri Bögü Khagan’s father Bayanchur Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfRule |
Central Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mongolian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 779 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 759 ⓘ |
| religion | Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousPolicy | state support for Manichaean institutions ⓘ |
| successor | Alp Qutlugh Bilge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Tang dynasty during the An Lushan Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Khagan
NERFINISHED
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Qaghan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bögü Qaghan Description of subject: Bögü Qaghan was an 8th-century ruler of the Uyghur Khaganate known for his conversion to Manichaeism and for making it the state religion of his empire.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.