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Xionites



Chionites or Xionites (Middle Persian: Xiyon, (Hiun/Hion) Chinese: Xiōng (匈) or Xīyung4 (西戎) meaning "Western Barbarians") were a nomadic tribe prominent in Transoxania and Bactria whose origins remain controversial. By the early fourth century the Xionites who had adopted the Kushan-Bactrian language, became a threat on the northeastern frontiers of Sassanian PersiaA.



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