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Huíhé

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Meanings

1 Huihe (also Uyghur Khaganate); ancient Turkic people of Central Asia, ancestors of the modern Uyghurs

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唐朝时期，回纥与中原王朝关系密切。

Tángcháo shíqī, Huíhé yǔ Zhōngyuán wángcháo guānxì mìqiè.

During the Tang dynasty, the Huihe maintained close ties with the Central Plains court.

回纥曾帮助唐朝平定安史之乱。

Huíhé céng bāngzhù Tángcháo píngdìng Ān Shǐ zhī Luàn.

The Huihe once helped the Tang dynasty put down the An Lushan Rebellion.

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history

Founded a steppe khaganate in 744 CE that lasted about a century, allied with Tang China against the Tibetan Empire and the An Lushan rebels. Later renamed themselves 回鹘 (Huíhú); migrated to the Tarim Basin after their khaganate collapsed in 840 CE, where they form the ethnic core of today's 维吾尔族 Uyghurs and 裕固族 Yugurs.

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