Since the first line of the Küli Çor inscription is incomplete, the "
apa tarqan čıqan tonyukuk atıγ bermiš" section follows the part that starts with the "üčün" preposition. It is translated as "
apa tarqan gave the name čıqan tonyukuk". Thus, it is possible that the name of Küli Çor before he received his hero name (er at) was Tonyukuk. On the second line of the western face of the inscription, the missing beginning of the line could be read as "quda jegtürmiš Išbara Čїqan Küli Čur bolmïš" which translated into "(when … happened) (since) he was created (better), he took that title of Išvara Čıqan Küli Čor".
Gerard Clauson states that the first three lines of the inscription provides information on the identity of Küli Çor. He argued that the personal name of Küli Çor was Tonyukuk, (unrelated to the 646–726
Tonyukuk), since his known title was Boyla Baγa Tarqan and especially based on the name
Qapaghan Qaghan to be mentioned in the third line, it was not possible for Küli Çor to have died after 716. It was not possible to obtain the title of "Köl", witnessed as
Kül Tigin in Turks, and "otčigin" by Mongolians, which was given to the smallest male child of the house. It is not written with ñ but using the signs that correspond to n and y. == References ==