Taligan (塔裏幹) | 24 Histories

Overview

Taligan was a Zubu chieftain.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1065 to AD 1072 咸雍
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 96, passages 199, 206

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 96, passage 199

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 2 passages

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阻卜塔裏幹叛命，仁先為西北路招討使，賜鷹紐印及劍。 When the Zubu chieftain Taligan rebelled, Renxian was appointed Pacification Commissioner of the Northwest Circuit and granted an eagle-button seal and a sword.

塔裏幹復來寇，仁先逆擊，追殺八十餘里。 Taligan came raiding again. Renxian met him in counterattack and pursued the enemy for more than eighty li.