biography
| name: |
Ban Chao
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also spelled Pan Ch'ao
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pronunciation:
[ban chow]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (32–102)
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| biography:
| Chinese military leader and administrator, who first established Chinese control over Turkestan. Deputy commander of an army which crushed an opposing force of 70 000, he later (AD 91) became protector of the Western Regions and conquered the whole of W Turkestan up to the Caspian for the Han dynasty. After his death his younger brother Ban Yong tightened Chinese control of Turkestan. |
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