Istämi was the ruler of the western part of the Göktürk Qaghanate. Göktürks ( Turkish: Gök Türkler) were a Turkic people of ancient Central Asia. He succeeded his brother Bumin Khan in 553 AD. Bumin Khan (death 552 AD was the founder of the Göktürk Empire. Events By Place Europe The Ostrogoth Kingdom is conquered by the Byzantines after the Battle of Mons Lactarius His son was Tardu.
During his rule Istami established diplomatic relations with the Persian and Byzantine Empires, defeated the Hepthalites, and acted as an elder statesman during the disintegration of the eastern half of the empire. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia The Hephthalites or White Huns were a Central Asian Nomadic confederation whose precise origins and composition remain obscure We know a great deal about him from the diplomatic missions of the Byzantine Empire.