Tuyuhun

The Tuyuhun (Chinese吐谷浑/吐谷浑, Pinyin Tǔyùhùn ) were a nomadic people in East Asia. They flourished from the 4th to the 7th century in an area which is in the modern provinces of Gansu and Qinghai provinces of the People's Republic of China.

It is believed that the Tuyuhun were a people of the Xianbei ( Xianbei鲜卑) and Tibetans emerged; it probably had a social structure in which ethnicity and social status corresponded - the upper class probably came from the Xiongnu from. The Tuyuhun spoke an Old Turkish - Mongolian language.

Their kingdom was called in Chinese also Hénánguó河南 国and in Tibetan ' A- zha. From 634-669 the Eastern Turks and Tiele formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty against the Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Kucha and other Central Asian states. In the 9th century, the Tuyuhun were conquered by the Khitan.

The Tibeto - Burmese Tangut were and today are descendants of the Qiang Tabgatsch and Tuyuhun.