Bumin Khagan: Founder and Ruler of the First Turkic Empire | Khan's Den Portrait

Resilience. Elegance. Foresight. Determination.

But also: mystery. Only he knew what was going on in his head. Whatever it was, it changed the course of steppe and Turkic history forever.

Therefore, this may be the definitive and also my final portrait of BUMIN KHAGAN, founder and first ruler of the Göktürk Empire in 552 AD, to be used on all Khan's Den media going forward.

May he rest well in the Uçmag...