Husabeol or Later Sabeol () was a short-lived state during the

Later Three Kingdoms of Korea The Later Three Kingdoms period (; c. 890s – 936 AD) of ancient Korea saw a partial revival of the old three kingdoms which had dominated the peninsula from the 1st century BC to the 7th century. After the Unified Silla kingdom had ruled Kore ...

, even though it is not included among the three. It was officially founded by the

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

prince Park Eonchang ( 朴彦昌 / 박언창; son of

Gyeongmyeong of Silla Gyeongmyeong (860 – August 924), personal name Pak Sŭn-gyŏng, was the List of monarchs of Korea, 54th ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla. He was the eldest son of Sindeok of Silla, King Sindeok and Princess Uiseong. He ruled during the L ...

) in 919, and fell to

Kyŏn Hwŏn Kyŏn Hwŏn (; 867 – 27 September 936, ruled from 892 – March 935) was the king and founder of Later Baekje, one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea, and reigned from 892 to 935. Some records render his name as Chin Hwŏn (). He was also t ...

Hubaekje Later Baekje (, ) was one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Taebong and Silla. Later Baekje was a Korean dynastic kingdom founded by the disaffected Silla general Kyŏn Hwŏn in 900, whom led the local gentry and populace tha ...

army in 927. Its capital was at

Sangju Sangju (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Although Sangju is rather rural, it is very old and was once a key city. Along with Gyeongju, it gives rise to half of the name of the Gye ...

, in present-day

North Gyeongsang North Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a province in eastern South Korea, and with an area of , it is the largest province in the Korean peninsula. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remaine ...

province.

Background

At the end of the Silla Dynasty, the area around Sabeol became an area for struggle with Later Baekje. King Gyeongmyeong of Silla appointed his son Eonchang as the commander of the Sillan forces around Sabeol, and the prince strengthened his military to fight against the Later Baekje army. However, the national power of Silla rapidly weakened and the surrounding regions around Sabeol fell and made it isolated. Eonchang established the independent state of Sabeol in 918 AD and fought against Later Baekje for nearly ten years.

Fall

After a decade of resistance, the armies of Later Baekje crossed the

Nakdong River The Nakdong River or Nakdonggang (, ) is the longest river in South Korea, which passes through the major cities of Daegu and Busan. It takes its name from its role as the eastern border of the Gaya confederacy during Three Kingdoms of Korea, Kor ...

and made a surprise attack in 929 AD, and due to overwhelming odds, Eonchang was defeated.

References

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Background

Fall

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