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An Lushan
Chinese general and emperor of Yan
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Tonyukuk
Tonyukuk or Ashide Yuanzhen (, , , born , died ) was the baga-tarkhan (supreme commander) and adviser of four successive Göktürk khagans – Ilterish Qaghan, Qapaghan Qaghan, Inel Qaghan and Bilge Qaghan. He conducted victorious campaigns against various Turkic and non-Turkic steppe peoples, such as the Tölis, Xueyantuo, Toquz Oguz, Yenisei Kyrgyz, Kurykans, Thirty Tatar, Khitan and Tatabi as well as the Tang dynasty. He was described as a kingmaker by historians such as E. P. Thompson and Peter Benjamin Golden.
Ashide
The Ashide (; Middle Chinese: *ʔɑ-ʃɨXtək̚; Old Tibetan: A sha sde’) were a Turkic tribe and a high ranking noble family in Turkic Khaganate. It was related to the ruling dynasty of the Turkic Khaganate, the Ashina tribe.

Kutluk Säbäg Hatun
khatun (queen) and then hansha (queen mother) of the Second Turkic Khaganate in the early eighth century