Nguyễn Khoan ( vi-hantu, 阮寬, 906–967) was a

warlord Warlords are individuals who exercise military, Economy, economic, and Politics, political control over a region, often one State collapse, without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over Militia, local ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

during the

Period of the 12 Warlords The Anarchy of the 12 Warlords (, chữ Nôm: 亂𨑮𠄩使君; Sino-Vietnamese: ''Thập nhị sứ quân chi loạn'', chữ Hán: 十二使君之亂), also the Period of the 12 Warlords, was a period of chaos and civil war in the history of ...

. Khoan was a grandson of Nguyễn Hãng, a general from China. Khoan had two younger brothers,

Nguyễn Thủ Tiệp Nguyễn Thủ Tiệp ( vi-hantu, 阮守捷, 908–967) was a warlord of Vietnam during the Period of the 12 Warlords. Tiệp was a grandson of Nguyễn Hãng, a general from China. Tiệp had an elder brother Nguyễn Khoan and a younger ...

and

Nguyễn Siêu Nguyễn Siêu ( vi-hantu, 阮超, 924–967) was a warlord of Vietnam during the Period of the 12 Warlords. Siêu was a grandson of Nguyễn Hãng, a general from China. Siêu had two elder brothers, Nguyễn Khoan and Nguyễn Thủ Ti ...

. Both were warlords.Nguyễn Bạt Tụy 1954: Tên người Việt Nam. - In trong: tập kỷ yếu hội Khuyến Học Việt Nam, Sài Gòn, tr49-50. Khoan occupied Tam Đái (modern Yên Lạc District,

Vĩnh Phúc Province Vĩnh Phúc was a former province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Administrative divisions Vĩnh Phúc is subdivided into 8 district-level sub-divisions: * 7 districts: ** Sông Lô ** Bình Xuyên ** Lập Thạch ** Tam Đả ...

), and titled himself Nguyễn Thái Bình (阮太平).''

Việt Nam sử lược ( vi-hantu, 越南史略, , lit. "Outline History of Vietnam"), was the first history text published in the Vietnamese language and the Vietnamese alphabet. It was compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Kim. It covered the period from ...

'', Quyển 1, Phần 3, Chương 1''

Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư The ''Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư'' ( vi-hantu, 大越史記全書; ; ''Complete Annals of Đại Việt'') is the official national chronicle of the Đại Việt, that was originally compiled by the royal historian Ngô Sĩ Liên under ...

'', Peripheral Records vol. 5 Later, he was defeated by

Đinh Bộ Lĩnh Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924–979; ), real name allegedly Đinh Hoàn ( 丁桓), was the founding emperor of the short-lived Đinh dynasty of Vietnam, after declaring its independence from the Chinese Southern Han dynasty. He was a significant figur ...

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