Ngô Quyền

10th-century king of Vietnam

Ngô Quyền (chữ Hán: 吳權) (17 April 898 – 14 February 944), often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương (前吳王; "First King of Ngô"), was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned from 939 to 944. In 938, he defeated the Southern Han dynasty at the Battle of Bạch Đằng River north of modern Haiphong.

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