Tuoba Shamohan

Tuoba Shamohan (拓跋沙漠汗, ? – 277) was a prince of the Suotou branch of the Xianbei in the early Western Jin dynasty of China, and was a son of Tuoba Limei.

His brothers included Tuoba Xilu (拓跋悉鹿), Tuoba Zhuo (拓跋綽), and Tuoba Luguan (拓跋祿官).

In 261, Tuoba Limei (拓跋力微) came to pay tribute to the Wei state of Cao Cao and stayed in Luoyang. This became one of the reasons why the state was later named Wei. The Western Jin used these forces to stabilize the north, granting them land north of Bingzhou to settle.

In 276, Wei Guan (衛瓘), the Zhengbei General (征北將軍) and concurrently Governor of Youzhou, detained the Xianbei prince Tuoba Shamohan at the court when he came to the Jin state and was about to return, and sowed discord by giving money and goods to influential Xianbei figures. Tuoba Shamohan was only able to return the following year, but by then internal strife had already broken out, and he was slandered by the Xianbei chieftains (大人) and killed. Afterward, political turmoil continued, and for some time the Xianbei declined.