Bagha Shad

Bagha Shad (Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰍𐰀𐱁𐰑, baγa šad; simplified Chinese: 莫贺设; traditional Chinese: 莫賀設; pinyin: mòhè shè; Wade–Giles: mo-ho she) was a Göktürk shad or general of the early 7th century. He was a close kinsman and subject of the Western Turkic khagan, Tong Yabghu.^[1] Bagha Shad was probably the father of Böri Shad and may have been the yabghu or prince of the Khazars.^[2]

Bagha Shad
Prince of Western Turkic Qaghanate
Issue	Böri Shad
House	Ashina of Turks
Father	Yangsu Tegin
Religion	Tengrism

He is referred to in Chinese sources as having sojourned in China in 618–626, possibly as Tong Yabghu's emissary to the Tang emperor.^[3] Thereafter he disappears from the historical record.^[4]