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Tadun

d. 207 · 2nd century

Tadun (died 207) was a chieftain of the Wuhuan, a nomadic people of the north-eastern Chinese frontier, who led the Wuhuan of Liaoxi at the end of the Eastern Han. He allied with the warlord Yuan Shao and later sheltered Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi. Cao Cao's army defeated and killed him at the Battle of White Wolf Mountain in 207, ending Wuhuan independence.

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