 "Hu" (胡) was used for various northern and western peoples of non-Chinese stock.It was commonly used for people of Persian, Sogdian, Turkic, Xianbi, Indian and Kushan origin and, occasionally, for the Xiongnu (probably because of their connections with the Tonghu or Eastern Hu – a separate tribe conquered by the Xiongnu).Two historically significant Hu names are this "Donghu" 東胡 (literally "Eastern Barbarians") "ancient Mongolian nomadic group" and the "Wu Hu" 五胡 ("Five Barbarians") "five nomadic tribes involved in the Wu Hu uprising" (304-316 CE) against the Jin Dynasty.