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Gao Xianzhi
Gao Xianzhi was a Tang general of Goguryeo descent who served in the Tang garrisons of the Tarim Basin. In 747 he led an army across the Pamirs to seize Little Balur, cutting Tibet's link with its western allies, but in 751 he was defeated by the Abbasid Caliphate at the Battle of Talas. He was executed on the emperor's orders in 756 during the An Lushan Rebellion.
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