Five Dynasties · Tribal Leader

Dalagan 達剌幹

Dálàgàn

Attested AD 936

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dalagan was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年六月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 108

Origins and identity

Xi 奚
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 108

Career and standing

Assumed
Provisional tribal chief
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 108

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 108

Events and relationships

Reported Li Sugu plot and execution
Diplomatic · Reporter
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 108

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

奚首領達剌幹遣通事介老奏，奚王李素姑謀叛入契丹，已處斬訖，達剌幹權知本部落事。 The Xi chieftain Dalagan sent the interpreter Jielao to report that the Xi king Li Sugu had plotted to defect to the Khitan and had already been executed; Dalagan was provisionally placed in charge of tribal affairs.