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The Liao dynasty (/ l j aʊ /; [3] Khitan: Mos Jælud; traditional Chinese: 遼朝; simplified Chinese: 辽朝; pinyin: Liáo cháo), [4] also known as the Khitan State (Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur), [5] officially the Great Liao (Chinese: 大遼; pinyin: Dà Liáo), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people.
The Liao dynasty was founded in 916 when Abaoji, posthumously known by his temple name as Emperor Taizu, was named the leader of the Khitan tribal confederation. The dynastic name "Great Liao" was proclaimed in 947 by his successor, the Emperor Taizong of Liao .
Khitan falconers in a painting by Chen Juzhong, early 13th c. Depiction of Yelü Bei Khitan horsemen The Liao dynasty in 1111 AD. The Qara Khitai empire in 1169 at its greatest extent Mural from Inner Mongolia depicting young Khitan boys and girls. Abaoji, who had been successful in uniting the Khitan tribes, founded the Liao dynasty in 907 ...
The Qara Khitai empire, also known as the Western Liao dynasty, was the remnant offshoot of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty. From 1114 to 1125, the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty conquered the Liao. In 1122, two groups of Khitans fled westward to escape the Jin invasion.
Liao dynasty (916–1125) Collapse of the Liao dynasty (1117–1124) Western Liao (Qara Khitai) (1124–1218). This is a timeline of the history of the Khitans.The Khitans were a nomadic people in Northeast Asia related to the Xianbei.
Liao Empire (in purple) in 1111. The Liao dynasty was a Khitan-led imperial dynasty of China.This article discusses the provincial system that existed within the Liao dynasty from the early 10th century until the fall of the empire in 1125, in what is now North China, Northeast China and Mongolia.
The Liao dynasty was a Khitan-led dynasty of China that at its height ruled over what is now Shanxi, Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia provinces in China, as well as portions of the Korean peninsula, portions of the Russian Far East, and much of the Mongolian Plateau.
The Khitan people (Khitan small script: ; Chinese: 契丹; pinyin: Qìdān) were a historical para-Mongolic nomadic people from Northeast Asia who, from the 4th century, inhabited an area corresponding to parts of modern Mongolia, Northeast China and the Russian Far East. As a people they descended from the proto-Mongols through the Xianbei. [1]