Tuyuhun

Tuyuhun
吐谷渾
284–670
Asia in AD 576, showing Tuyuhun and its neighbours.
StatusKingdom
CapitalFuqi (in modern Gonghe, Qinghai)
Common languagesTuyuhun
GovernmentMonarchy
Khagan 
• 284-317
Murong Tuyuhun
• 635-672
Murong Nuohebo
History 
• Established
284
• Vassal of the Tang dynasty
634
• Destroyed by the Tibetan Empire
670
Succeeded by
Tibetan Empire
Today part ofChina
Rouran Khaganate, Tuyuhun, Yueban and Northern Wei

Tuyuhun (Chinese: 吐谷渾; LHC: *tʰɑʔ-jok-guənʔ;[1] Wade-Giles: T'u-yühun), also known as Henan (Chinese: 河南) and Azha (Tibetan: ཨ་ཞ་, Wylie: ‘A-zha; Chinese: 阿豺),[2] was a dynastic monarchy established by the nomadic peoples related to the Xianbei in the Qilian Mountains and upper Yellow River valley, in modern Qinghai, China.[3]

  1. ^ Schuessler, Axel. (2007) An Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press. p. 502, 259, 290
  2. ^ Beckwith 1993, p. 17.
  3. ^ Frederick W. Mote (2003). Imperial China 900-1800. p. 170.

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