Early Reign He was a chor serving under Suoge before  Battle of Bolchu. After Suoge's defeat, Türgesh migrated to south of Zhetysu valley. During Qapaghan Qaghan's death and Kul Tegin's coup  they used the opportunity to reassert independence and chose Suluk, a Black Türgesh chieftain to be their supreme leader in 715 or 716.Zizhi Tongjian, vol 211 However as in Suoge's case, he was not acknowledged as a khagan by Tang. Ashina Xian was appointed "Shixing Qaghan" and Suluk was created his subordinate general with titles "Great General of the Left Wing of the Forestial Army" (左羽林軍大將軍) and "Grand Military Commissioner of Jinfang" (經略大使金方) by Xuanzong.Saito, T. 1991, Rise of the Türgish and Tang's Abandonment of Suiye. Shiteki 12: 40–43 (in Japanese) However, this caused a rift between two and soon Suluk defeated Xian on June and July in 717, besieged Aksu and Uch Turfan  . He declared himself as khagan during August or September. Xuanzong had to accept Suluk's independence and created him Duke of Shunguo (順国公) in 718 and Zhongshun Khagan () in 719.Cefu Yuangui, vol 964, p. 11343 Struggle against Umayyads With his eastern flank secured, beginning by 721, Suluk fought against the Arab armies for ten years. Backed by other local powers (including the Sogdians) against the invading Umayyads, his operations were generally hit and run operations and his manoeuvres were aimed at the depriving the invading army of water. His army was much smaller than that of Arabs. But unlike Arabs, they were at home in the deserts of the area. His success in the deserts gained him fame. Many times the Arab army had to withdraw to find fresh water the ( Day of Thirst in 724 , the Battle of the Defile in 731). He was known by Arabs as Abū Muzāhim ("Father of the Competition"). Later reign He had a conflict with Du Xian in 726. When Princess Jiaohe  sent messengers and 1,000 horses to Du's headquarters to sell horses, the messengers read of an order from her, as princess—and Du responded by angrily stating, "How dare an Ashina woman issue me an order?" He caned the messengers and detained the horses , which largely died in a few subsequent snowstorms . In late 726, after Du left his office, Suluk attacked Tarim Basin, causing much damage , and Suluk withdrew only after he heard that Du had been made chancellor. He attacked Beshbaliq unsuccessfully 27 October 735, however was heavily crushed by Tang  armies. He was  forced to send his envoy Ulu Tarkhan (胡禄达干) to make peace. This was a serious blow to his prestige. The death of Suluk caused a civil war, which divided the Türgesh into two rival factions: the Yellow Türgesh  who supported Baga Tarkhan and  Black Türgesh  who supported Kut Chor.
Early Reign Suluk was a chor serving under Suoge before the Battle of Bolchu. After Suoge's defeat, Türgesh migrated to south of Zhetysu valley. During Qapaghan Qaghan's death and Kul Tegin's coup , they used the opportunity to reassert independence and chose Suluk, a Black Türgesh chieftain to be their supreme leader in 715 or 716.Zizhi Tongjian, vol 211 However as in Suoge's case, he was not acknowledged as a khagan by Tang. Ashina Xian was appointed "Shixing Qaghan" and Suluk was assigned as his subordinate general with titles "Great General of the Left Wing of the Forestial Army" (左羽林軍大將軍) and "Grand Military Commissioner of Jinfang" (經略大使金方) by Xuanzong.Saito, T. 1991, Rise of the Türgish and Tang's Abandonment of Suiye. Shiteki 12: 40–43 (in Japanese) However, this ended up causing a rift between the two, as Suluk defeated Xian on June or July of 717, besieging Aksu and Uch Turfan along the way . He declared himself as khagan during August or September. Xuanzong had to accept Suluk's independence and titled him as the Duke of Shunguo (順国公) in 718 and Zhongshun Khagan () in 719.Cefu Yuangui, vol 964, p. 11343 Struggle against Umayyads With his eastern flank secured, beginning by 721, Suluk fought against the Arab armies for ten years. Backed by other local powers (including the Sogdians) against the invading Umayyads, his operations were generally hit and run operations and his maneuvers were aimed at the depriving the invading army of water. Although his army was much smaller than that of the Arabs, Suluk found success through his familiarity with the local area. Throughout the conflicts, the Arab army had to withdraw to find fresh water , such as in the Day of Thirst in 724 and the Battle of the Defile in 731. He was known by Arabs as Abū Muzāhim ("Father of the Competition"). Later reign Suluk had a conflict with Du Xian in 726. When Princess Jiaohe , one of Suluk's wives, sent messengers and 1,000 horses to Du's headquarters to sell horses, the messengers read of an order from her, which Du responded by angrily stating, "How dare an Ashina woman issue me an order?" . Du had the messengers caned and the horses detained . In late 726, after Du left his office, Suluk attacked Tarim Basin, causing much damage . Suluk only withdrew from the attack when he heard that Du had been made chancellor. On 27 October 735, Suluk attacked Beshbaliq, however his forces was crushed by Tang 's armies. He was then forced to send his envoy Ulu Tarkhan (胡禄达干) to make peace. The death of Suluk caused a civil war, which divided the Türgesh into two rival factions: the Yellow Türgesh , who supported Baga Tarkhan and the Black Türgesh , who supported Kut Chor.
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