His personal name is not known; therefore, he is often referred to by his Tang dynasty invested title, Baoyi (Chinese: 保義可汗; lit.
He demanded a Chinese princess from Xianzong of Tang by sending his minister Inanchu Külüg Chigshi on 24 June 810, but the request was refused.
Xianzong's minister of rites, Li Jiang, suspected that Baoyi would make peace with the Tibetan Empire in order to invade China.
[2] His request was only realized when he sent Ulu Tarkhan (Hedagan 合達干) to Emperor Muzong, who married off his sister Princess Yong'an (永安公主) in 821.
He had at least 4 sons: He is famous for commission of trilingual (Chinese, Old Turkic, Sogdian) Karabalgasun inscription in Ordu-Baliq.