Bagha Shad (; ) 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.Christian 283 Bagha Shad was probably the father of Böri Shad and may have been the yabghu or prince of the Khazars.Artamonov 128; Pletnyeva 15–16.
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.Artamonov 146–147; Christian 299 at n.26 (citing Gumilev 159.) Thereafter he disappears from the historical record.Christian 299 at n. 26.
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