The Tuoba (Chinese) or Tabgatch (Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲, Tabγač), also known by other names, was an influential Xianbei clan in early imperial China. During the Sixteen Kingdoms after the …

Wei (/ w eɪ /), known in historiography as the Northern Wei (Chinese: 北魏; pinyin: Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei (Chinese: 拓跋魏; pinyin: Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei (Chinese: 元魏; pinyin: Yuán Wèi) …

Tuoba (Tabγač or Tabghach; also Taγbač or Taghbach; Chinese: 拓跋) is an extinct language spoken by the Tuoba people in northern China around the 5th century AD during the Northern …

…was founded by Tabgatch (Tuoba) tribesmen who, like many of the nomads inhabiting the frontiers of northern China, were of uncertain origin. Their language was basically Turkic, and …

By the late 380s the Former Qin dynasty had effectively collapsed after a failed attempt to conquer southern China, and the hostage Xianbei leader, Tuoba Gui, took the opportunity to …

May 23, 2018 · The best-known and most politically successful group within the Xianbei federation were the Tuoba Xianbei, who founded the Northern Wei Dynasty, a major power in the north …

Jan 28, 2013 · The Tuoba 拓跋 (Taghbach, Taɣ bač, in Europe known in the inverted form Tabghach, Tabɣ ač) were a branch of the steppe federation of the Xianbei 鮮卑, and their …

The Tuoba was a clan of the Xianbei in ancient China. The clan was one of the largest of the western Xianbei clans, ranging from present-day Shanxi province and westward and …

Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei ( (北)魏文成帝) (July or August 440 – 20 June 465), Han name Tuoba Jun (拓拔濬), Xianbei name Wulei (烏雷), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led …

the Tuoba (T'o-pa or Toba, or Tabghach in the Orkhon inscriptions), generally regarded as a member of the Xianbei (Sien-pi) conglomer- ate, was by far the most prominent.