The Tuyuhun, a Xianbei kingdom of the Qinghai basin, fell to the Tibetan Empire in 670 and its people were split: one group went east into China, the rest stayed under Tibetan rule (Wikipedia, Tuyuhun).
The page we read names no Tuyuhun tribe of the Song, Jin or Xia period, and we have no source that does. The Dangxiang (Tanguts) are better documented: their early home was the highlands of west Sichuan and south-east Qinghai (Wikipedia, Tangut people), and the Xia state is theirs; the branch that stayed in Kham is the Minyak (see Minyak chiefs). So the remnants are shown as a note on the Gonghe basin, where the Tuyuhun and the Tang fought at the Dafei river (recalled), not as a polity.
Who he is
- Title
- Tribal headmen of the Tuyuhun and Dangxiang remnants, mixed into the Tibetan tribes
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No tribe or headman is named for the 12th century in our sources.
Overlord
None named; absorbed in the Tibetan tribes and in Xia's Tangut population.
What it holds
- Nothing on the map of their own
How it was acquired
Not applicable.
Allies and rivals
Merged with the Tsongkha tribes; the Xia Tangut officials at Xining.
How things stand that morning
No separate polity known.
Military
No numbers survive for 1200.
Places of note
- Gonghe basin (the old Tuyuhun heartland), approximate: Marker only.
Where the sources disagree
- The Tarim sheet mentions the Tuyuhun background of the Hexi; we know of no document that puts a Tuyuhun chief in Qinghai in 1200.
Evidence: The assignment asks for these remnants; the honest finding is that no source we could reach shows them as a separate power in 1200.
On the map: Marker only.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, Tuyuhun (read this session)
- Wikipedia, Tangut people (Minyak, Tibetan Buddhism at the Xia court; read this session)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.