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    The An Lushan rebellion was a civil war in China that lasted from 755 to 763, at the approximate midpoint of the Tang dynasty (618–907). It began as a...
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    An Lushan (Chinese: 安祿山; pinyin: Ān Lùshān; 20th day of the 1st month (19 February) 703 – 29 January 757) was a Chinese military general and rebel leader...
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    becoming the only legitimate Chinese empress regnant. The devastating An Lushan Rebellion (755–763) shook the nation and led to the decline of central authority...
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    in the An Lushan rebellion. A massacre of foreign Arab and Persian Muslim merchants by Tian Shengong happened during the An Lushan rebellion in the Yangzhou...
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    is known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. During the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were fleeing from the capital...
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    July 756. An Lushan was likely of Göktürk origins. His rebellion led to one of the bloodiest wars in human history. He was murdered by his son. An Qingxu...
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  • western part of the empire, who was commanding officer of Uyghurs in An Lushan rebellion, thought to be executed by his father in 759. Bögü Qaghan - commander...
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    in 755, causing the An Lushan Rebellion. Despite its defeat in 763, the number of jiedushi proliferated in response to the rebellion and had increased to...
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    Yan Zhenqing (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    recognition of his firm loyalty to the government and bravery during the An Lushan Rebellion. However, his unbending character was resented by the incumbent Grand...
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    Siege of Suiyang (category An Lushan Rebellion)
    The siege of Suiyang was a military campaign during the An Lushan rebellion, launched by the rebel Yan army to capture the city of Suiyang from forces...
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    Emperor Suzong of Tang (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    ascended the throne after his father fled to Sichuan during the An Lushan Rebellion in 756; Li Heng himself had fled in the opposite direction, to Lingwu...
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  • Li Siye (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    battle injuries whilst fighting against rebel forces during the An Lushan Rebellion. It is not known when Li Siye was born. His family was from Jingzhao...
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    before leading the An Lushan Rebellion (755 – 763 AD), which split the loyalties of the Sogdians in China. The An Lushan rebellion was supported by many...
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    of Tang. An early example of this was An Lushan, who was appointed jiedushi of three regions, which he used to start the An Lushan Rebellion that abruptly...
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  • Southern Yan (398–410) Northern Yan (407–436) Yan (An–Shi) (756–763), established in the An Lushan Rebellion Yan (Five Dynasties period) (911–913) This disambiguation...
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  • submitted to the protectorate under Emperor Gaozong of Tang. After the An Lushan Rebellion (755–763) was suppressed, the office of Protector General was given...
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  • unknowingly set in motion a series of events that would bring about the An Lushan Rebellion. Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation...
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    period of rebuilding and recovery for the Tang Empire, following the An Lushan Rebellion, and following the poetically flourishing era famous for Li Bai (701-762)...
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    Legendary period, from Bodhidharma in the late 5th century to the An Lushan Rebellion around 765 CE, in the middle of the Tang dynasty. Little written...
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    his future rebellion of 755–763. The rebel An Lushan had a Khitan eunuch named Li Zhu'er (李豬兒) (Li Chu-erh) who was working for An Lushan when he was...
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    Guo Ziyi (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    (汾陽忠武王), was a Chinese military general and politician who ended the An Lushan Rebellion and participated in expeditions against the Uyghur Khaganate and...
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    the An Lushan rebellion. He carried out Vajrayana rituals which were ostensibly effective in supernaturally attacking and destroying An Lushan's army...
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    Southern School and Oxhead school. Middle Chán (c. 750–1000, from An Lushan Rebellion c. 755–763 to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960/979))...
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    Zhang Xun (Tang dynasty) (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    755, while Zhang Xun was still serving at Zhenyuan County, the general An Lushan rebelled at Fanyang Circuit (范陽, headquartered in modern Beijing) and...
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    to make her cousin, Yang Guozhong, leading chancellor. During the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were fleeing from the capital...
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    accommodations. His life, like all of China, was devastated by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755, and his last 15 years were a time of almost constant unrest...
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    Battle of Talas (751) and the subsequent civil war known as the An Lushan Rebellion (755), Chinese influence decreased rapidly and Tibetan influence...
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  • Li Huaixian (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    Tang general An Lushan. An Lushan rebelled against the rule of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in late 755, and Li Huaixian, serving under An, participated...
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  • date). January 18 – An Lushan Rebellion: The eastern capital of Luoyang falls to the 200,000-strong army of the rebel general An Lushan, who defeats loyalist...
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    of the region until the An Lushan Rebellion broke out. In the early Islamic period, the people of Transoxania spoke Sogdian (an Iranian language) and were...
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