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=== During Inel Qaghan's reign ===
He was not in active politics during [[Inel Qaghan]]'s reign and accepted him as a legitimate ruler.<ref>Dobrovits,M.:“[http://www.turkdilleri.org/turkdilleri/sayilar/tda18/MDobrovits.pdf Textological Structure and Political Message of  the Old Turkic Runic Inscriptions]”, Talât Tekin Armağanı, Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları 18 (2008), 149–153.</ref> Although this did not cost him his life and was spared, perhaps because of his great authority and his age. Another reason would the fact that he was Bilge Qaghan's father-in-law.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia|volume=1|author=Denis Sinor|page=312|year=1990}}</ref>{{Clarify|reason=Not clear why he would have lost his life|date=September 2025}}