Yintou Tegin was a Göktürk tegin, the envoy of Tulan Khan at the Sui court in 599.[1] The Sui Shu names him for one scene. The emperor set him to argue Tulan’s case against Yami, Tulan’s rival, and Yami won.[2]
In 599, in the civil war, Tulan and Tardush attacked Yami, who then held the north as Tuli Khan. They killed all his brothers, sons and nephews.[2] Yami fled by night with five horsemen and the Sui envoy Zhangsun Sheng to the court.[2] There the emperor had Yami and Tulan’s envoy Yintou Tegin dispute with each other.[2] Yami’s words were straight, and the emperor treated him generously.[2]
The Bei Shi tells the scene in the same words.[3] The Zizhi tongjian enters it under 599, before the sixth month. It writes his title 特勒.[4] None of the histories records what he said, or what became of him.
References
Sources
- Sui Shu (Book of Sui), juan 84
- Bei Shi (History of the Northern Dynasties), juan 99 (after Wei Shu, Zhou Shu and Sui Shu)
- Zizhi tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance), juan 178 (after Wei Shu, Zhou Shu, Sui Shu and Bei Shi)
What links here2
- Battles & Events
- The Attack on Yami Khan (599)
- Institutions and Titles
- Tegin
Cite this article
Yavuz, Emre-E. “Yintou Tegin.” Turkic Atlas, revised 22 October 2026. https://turkicatlas.org/persons/yintou-tegin/
Last revised: 22 October 2026
