Ashina Mishe

Mishe was titled Baghatur Yabgu (Chinese: 莫賀咄葉護; pinyin: Mòhèduō Yèhù) before 632. In 632, the Tang dynasty sent official Liu Shanyin (刘善因) to make him Xilibi Dulu Khagan (奚利邲咄陆可汗). However, he was on bad terms with his elder cousin Ashina Buzhen who wanted to take his lands and people. In order to escape his machinations, he submitted to the Tang in 639 with his subordinate tribes Chuyue and Chumi.^[2] He was soon made a general and took part in Goguryeo–Tang War in 645, for which Taizong awarded him with title Count of Pyongyang (平壤县伯).

After Su Dingfang's conquest of Western Turks, he was made Xingxiwang Khagan (Chinese: 興昔亡可汗; lit. 'The khagan who makes fallen to rise again') and the Protectorate General to Pacify the West was divided in half, with the Kunling Protectorate and Tulu tribes being awarded to Mishe.^[3] However, in 662 Emperor Gaozong sent the general Su Haizheng (蘇海政) to attack Qiuzi and ordered Ashina Mishe and Ashina Buzhen to assist him. Ashina Buzhen, falsely informed Su that Ashina Mishe was set to rebel and would attack the Tang army, and Su responded by ambushing Ashina Mishe, killing him and his chief assistants. Shunishi chief Chupan (鼠尼施處半啜) and Basaigan chief Tong Ishbara (拔塞幹暾沙鉢俟斤) angry over Ashina Mishe's death, largely turned away from the Tang and submitted to the Tibetan Empire instead, and when Ashina Buzhen died later that year, Tang influence in the region was greatly reduced.

Mishe had at least three issues:

• Ashina Yuanqing
• Ashina Babu – submitted to Tibetan Empire, joined Ashina Tuizi^[4]
• Ashina Poluo – submitted to Tibetan Empire, joined Ashina Tuizi^[4]