#OTD in #ChineseHistory: An Lushan #安祿山 (703–757) killed by one of his eunuchs and his son. A military commissioner #節度使 of Turko-Sogdian descent in service of the Tang #唐, An rebelled in 755 thus starting the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂, founding his own Yan #燕 dynasty.
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