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Qifu Gangui

d. 412 · 5th century

Qifu Gangui was the second ruler of Western Qin, a Xianbei state in Gansu during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. He succeeded his brother Qifu Guoren in 388, submitted to Later Qin in 400 and restored his state in 409. He was assassinated by his nephew in 412, and his son Qifu Chipan went on to conquer Southern Liang in 414.

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