Tahan was a younger brother of the Rouran khan Anagui.[1] At that time the two Wei courts were competing for the khan. The Western Wei gave Tahan a wife: the daughter of Yuan Yi, who had served the emperor Xiaowu as a secretary. She received the title of Princess Huazheng.[2] The Zizhi Tongjian records the marriage under 538. There it is the plan of Yuwen Tai, and it appears together with the marriage of Anagui’s daughter to Emperor Wen.[1] Later the eastern court told Anagui that the princess was a distant relative bearing a borrowed title.[2]
His name is written 塔寒. It differs from 他汗, the title of Futu Khan, which is also rendered Tahan.[2]
References
Sources
- Bei Shi (History of the Northern Dynasties), juan 98 (after Wei Shu, Zhou Shu and Sui Shu)
- Zizhi tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance), juan 158 (after Wei Shu, Zhou Shu, Sui Shu and Bei Shi)
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- Eastern Wei · Western Wei
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- Rise of Anagui Khan
Cite this article
Yavuz, Emre-E. “Tahan.” Turkic Atlas, revised 18 October 2026. https://turkicatlas.org/persons/tahan/
Last revised: 18 October 2026
