Bumin Khan (death: 552 AD) was the founder of the Kokturk state. Events July - Battle of Taginae: The Byzantine general Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. ... The Göktürks or Kök-Türks known as Tujue (突厥 tu2 jue2) in medieval Chinese sources, established the first known Turkic state around 552, after the Huns, under the leadership of Bumin/Tuman Khan/Khaghan (d. ...

He is mentioned as "Tumen" (土門)in the ancient Chinese sources. His name means "smoke cloud." Little is known about his life, and most of the information comes from legends in which he gathers a group of Turkic people living in a legendary place called Ergenekon located in the inaccessible valleys of the Altay Mountains. The Altai is a mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the great rivers Irtysh, Ob and Yenisei have their sources. ...

In 542 he put down a revolt of the Tieli tribes against their overlords the Avars(Ruan-Ruan). In return he asked and was refused the hand of an Avar princess. His next move was to successfully establish contact with the Wei state in China. Records show in 545 a diplomatic mission lead by the Sogdian envoy An Nopantuo made an alliance sealed by Bumen's marriage to the princess Wei Chang'le (長樂公主). The beginning of formal diplomatic relations with China gave him the credibility to unite the turkic tribes behind him and crush the Avars. With their defeat he proclaimed the Turkic Empire(Gökturk Khanate)under his new title Il-Khağan (great-king, 伊利可汗) at the sacred Mt. Ötüuken. This empire expanded, in less than one century, to wide territories in Central Asia. He died in the same year he founded his state. Wei (魏) refers to: Northern Wei Dynasty, archaeologically the most famous of the Wei dynasties. ... Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...