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The Khitan people ([[Khitan small script]]: [[File:Khita-i small.png|50px]]; {{zh |c = 契丹 |p = Qìdān }}) were a historical [[para-Mongolic]] [[Eurasian nomads|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]].<ref>{{cite web |title = China's Liao Dynasty |url = https://asiasociety.org/education/chinas-liao-dynasty |website = [[Asia Society]] }}</ref>


== The period of the Ancient Eight Tribes ==
== The period of the Ancient Eight Tribes ==
* Hechen (何辰) a Khitan chieftain (mofuhe) (契丹莫弗) (ca.470)
* Hechen (何辰) a Khitan chieftain (baghatur) (契丹莫弗) (ca.470)
* Mer-gan ([[Hanzi]] : 勿于 [[pinyin]] : Wuyu) another mohfuhe (ca. 479)
* Mer-gan ([[Hanzi]] : 勿于 [[pinyin]] : Wuyu) another baghatur (ca. 479)
* Duomi Khagan (多彌可汗) (ca. 585)
* Duomi Khagan (多彌可汗) (ca. 585)


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|-
!colspan=2|Name of the clan
!colspan=2|Name of the clan
!colspan=2|(Khitan or [[List of the Khitan rulers#Remarks|granted Chinese]])<br> First name
!colspan=2|(Khitan or [[List of the Khitan rulers#Remarks|granted Chinese]])<br /> First name
!rowspan=2|Period of reign
!rowspan=2|Period of reign
|-
|-
!Chinese <br>characters
!Chinese <br />characters
! Westernized
! Westernized
!Chinese <br>characters
!Chinese <br />characters
! Westernized
! Westernized
|-
|-
|大賀氏
|大賀氏
|Dahe
|Dahe
|咄羅/咄罗
|咄羅
|Duoluo
|Duoluo
|618/622-627
|618/622-627
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|大賀氏
|大賀氏
|Dahe
|Dahe
|摩會/摩会
|摩會
|Mohui
|Mohui
|627-644
|627-644
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|大賀氏
|大賀氏
|Dahe
|Dahe
|窟哥
|窟哥
|(Li) Kuge
|(Li) Kuge
|644-653/658
|644-653/658
|-
|-
|大賀氏
|Unknown
|Dahe
|Unknown
|阿固/阿
|阿 /
|Abugu
|Abugu
|653/658-660
|653/658-660
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|大賀氏
|大賀氏
|Dahe
|Dahe
|李娑固
|李娑固 / 李婆
|(Li) Suogu
|(Li) Suogu / (Li) Pogu
|718-720
|717-720
|-
|-
|大賀氏
|大賀氏
|Dahe
|Dahe
|(李鬱干)/鬱于/郁于
|李郁于 / 李鬱干
|(Li) (Yugan)/Yuyu
|(Li) Yuyu / (Li) Yugan
|720-722/724
|720-722/724
|-
|-
|大賀氏
|大賀氏
|Dahe
|Dahe
|(李吐干)/吐于
|李吐/干 / 李咄
|(Li) (Tugan)/Tuyu
|(Li) Tuyu / (Li) Tugan / (Li) Duoyu
|722/724-725
|722/724-725
|-
|-
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!colspan=2|Name of the clan
!colspan=2|Name of the clan
!colspan=2|(Khitan or [[List of the Khitan rulers#Remarks|granted Chinese]])<br> First name
!colspan=2|(Khitan or [[List of the Khitan rulers#Remarks|granted Chinese]])<br /> First name
!rowspan=2|Period of reign
!rowspan=2|Period of reign
|-
|-
!Chinese <br>characters
!Chinese <br />characters
! Westernized
! Westernized
!Chinese <br>characters
!Chinese <br />characters
! Westernized
! Westernized
|-
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|據曲/曲據
|據曲 / 曲據
|Juqu /Quju
|Juqu / Quju
|646-648
|646-648
|}
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* Tanmozhe (貪沒折) (ca. 630)
* Tanmozhe (貪沒折) (ca. 630)


== The Yaonian Tribal Confederation (730-906) (遥辇氏) ==
== The Yaonian Tribal Confederation (730-906) (遙輦氏) ==


=== The supreme chieftain of the Khitan (khagans)===
=== The supreme chieftain of the Khitan (khagans)===
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|-
|-
!colspan=2|Title name
!colspan=2|Title name
!colspan=2|(Khitan or [[List of the Khitan rulers#Remarks|granted Chinese]])<br> First name
!colspan=2|(Khitan or [[List of the Khitan rulers#Remarks|granted Chinese]])<br /> First name
!rowspan=2|Period of reign
!rowspan=2|Period of reign
|-
|-
!Chinese <br>characters
!Chinese <br />characters
! Westernized
! Westernized
!Chinese <br>characters
!Chinese <br />characters
! Westernized
! Westernized
|-
|-
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|北平郡王
|北平郡王
|Prince of Beiping
|Prince of Beiping
|过折/過折
|過折
|(Li) Guozhe
|(Li) Guozhe
|735
|735
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|阻午可汗
|阻午可汗
|Zuwu Khagan
|Zuwu Khagan
|遥辇俎里<br>(李懷節/李怀秀/李懷)
|俎里<br />(李懷秀/李懷)
|Dinian Zuli <br> Li Huaixiu/Li Huaijie
|Zuli <br /> (Li) Huaixiu/(Li) Huaijie
|735-745
|735-745
|-
|-
|胡剌可汗
|胡剌可汗
|Hula khaghan
|Hula khaghan
|楷洛/楷落
|楷落
|Kailuo
|Kailuo
|746-778
|746-778
|-
|-
|苏可汗/蘇可汗
|蘇可汗
|Su khaghan
|Su khaghan
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|778-800
|778-800
|-
|-
|巴刺可汗
|鮮質可汗
|Bala khaghan
|Xianzhi khaghan
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|820-842
|820-842
|-
|-
|耶可汗
|耶可汗
|Yelan khaghan
|Yelan khaghan
|屈戌
|屈戌
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|842-860
|842-860
|-
|-
|鮮質可汗
|巴剌可汗
|Xianzhi khaghan
|Bala khaghan
|習爾
|習爾之 / 習爾
|Xi'er /Xi'erzhi
|Xi'erzhi / Xi'er
|860-882
|860-882
|-
|-
|痕德可汗
|痕德堇可汗 / 痕德可汗
|Hendeji khaghan
|Hendeji khaghan/Hende khaghan
|钦德/欽德
|欽德
|Qinde
|Qinde
|882-906
|882-906
|}
|}


== Khitan Empire (907-1125) ==
== Liao dynasty (916-1125) ==
{{main|Liao Dynasty}}
{{main|Liao dynasty}}
There were nine '''emperors of the Liao Dynasty''', which at its height ruled over an area composing modern day Mongolia and northern China for over two hundred years. The emperors of the [[Liao Dynasty]] were [[Khitan people|Khitans]] from [[Yelü clan]].
There were nine '''emperors of the Liao dynasty''', which at its height ruled over an area composing modern day Mongolia and northern China for over two hundred years. The emperors of the [[Liao dynasty]] were [[Khitan people|Khitans]] from [[Yelü clan]].


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Liao Dynasty 907-1125
|+ Liao Dynasty 916-1125
|-
|-
! style="background: #efefef;" | Temple Names ( [[Miao Hao]] 廟號 miàohào)
! style="background: #efefef;" | Temple Names ( [[Miao Hao]] 廟號 miàohào)
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| Shen Tian Huangdi
| Shen Tian Huangdi
| Yelü Abaoji (耶律阿保機 Yēlǜ Ābǎojī)
| Yelü Abaoji (耶律阿保機 Yēlǜ Ābǎojī)
| 907-926
| 916-926
| Shence (神冊 Shéncè) 916-922<ref>Bo (1977) 842-845.</ref><br />Tianzan (天贊 Tiānzàn) 922-926<ref>Bo (1977), pp. 845-849.</ref>
| Shence (神冊 Shéncè) 916-922<ref>Bo (1977) 842-845.</ref><br />Tianzan (天贊 Tiānzàn) 922-926<ref>Bo (1977), pp. 845-849.</ref>
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==Khar Khitan (1124/1125-1221)==
==Qara Khitai/Western Liao (1124-1218)==
{{main|Kara-Khitan Khanate}}
{{main|Qara Khitai}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Sovereigns of Kara-Khitan Khanate 1124 or 1125-1221
|+ Sovereigns of Qara Khitai 1124-1218
|-
|-
! Temple Names ( [[Miao Hao]] 廟號 miàohào)
! Temple Names ([[Miao Hao]] 廟號 miàohào)
! Posthumous Names ( [[Shi Hao]] 諡號 shìhào)
! Posthumous Names ([[Shi Hao]] 諡號 shìhào)
! Birth Names
! Birth Names
! Convention{{citation needed|reason=there had been an in-text note here expressing uncertainty that this Convention column was correct|date=April 2012}}
! Convention{{citation needed|reason=there had been an in-text note here expressing uncertainty that this Convention column was correct|date=April 2012}}
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| use birth name
| use birth name
| 1124-1144
| 1124-1144
| Yanqing (延慶 Yánqìng) 1124 or 1125-1134<br>
| Yanqing (延慶 Yánqìng) 1124 or 1125-1134<br />
Kangguo (康國 Kāngguó) 1134-1144<br>
Kangguo (康國 Kāngguó) 1134-1144<br />
|-
|-
| Did not exist
| Did not exist
| [[Empress Gantianhou of Western Liao|Gantianhou]] (感天后 Gǎntiānhòu)
| [[Xiao Tabuyan|Gantianhou]] (感天后 Gǎntiānhòu)
| Tabuyan (塔不煙 Tǎbùyān)
| Tabuyan (塔不煙 Tǎbùyān)
| "Xi Liao" + posthumous name
| "Xi Liao" + posthumous name
| 1144-1150
| 1144-1150
| Xianqing (咸清 Xiánqīng) 1144-1150<br>
| Xianqing (咸清 Xiánqīng) 1144-1150<br />
|-
|-
| [[Emperor Renzong of Western Liao]] (仁宗 Rénzōng)
| [[Emperor Renzong of Western Liao]] (仁宗 Rénzōng)
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| "Xi Liao" + temple name
| "Xi Liao" + temple name
| 1150-1164
| 1150-1164
| Shaoxing (紹興 Shàoxīng) or Xuxing (Xùxīng 續興)<sup>'''2'''</sup> 1150-1164<br>
| Shaoxing (紹興 Shàoxīng) or Xuxing (Xùxīng 續興)<sup>'''2'''</sup> 1150-1164<br />
|-
|-
| Did not exist
| Did not exist
| [[Empress Chengtianhou of Western Liao|Chengtianhou]] (承天后 Chéngtiānhòu)
| [[Yelü Pusuwan|Chengtianhou]] (承天后 Chéngtiānhòu)
| Yelü Pusuwan (耶律普速完 Yēlǜ Pǔsùwán)
| Yelü Pusuwan (耶律普速完 Yēlǜ Pǔsùwán)
| "Xi Liao" + posthumous name
| "Xi Liao" + posthumous name
| 1164-1178
| 1164-1178
| Chongfu (崇福 Chóngfú) 1164-1178<br>
| Chongfu (崇福 Chóngfú) 1164-1178<br />
|-
|-
| Did not exist
| Did not exist
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| use birth name
| use birth name
| 1178-1211
| 1178-1211
| Tianxi (天禧 Tiānxī) 1178-1218<br>
| Tianxi (天禧 Tiānxī) 1178-1218<br />
|-
|-
| Did not exist
| Did not exist
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|}
|}


==Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty==
==Khar Khitan's Kermanid state==
{{main|Buraq Hajib}}
{{main|Qutlugh-Khanids}}


== Remarks ==
== Remarks ==
The family name Li is a "rewarded" name being similar to the Emperor's name Li of [[Tang Empire]].
The family name Li is a "rewarded" name being similar to the Emperor's name Li of the [[Tang dynasty]].


== See also ==
== See also ==

{{Portal|Khitan}}
* [[Khitan people]]
* [[Khitan people]]
* [[Lst of Mongolian states]]
* [[History of the Khitans]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Xu Elina-Qian}}
{{Xu Elina-Qian}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khitan rulers}}

[[Category:Lists of monarchs|Khitan]]
[[Category:Lists of monarchs|Khitan]]
[[Category:Khitan history]]
[[Category:Lists of Chinese monarchs]]
[[Category:History of the Khitans]]

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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]

The period of the Ancient Eight Tribes

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  • Hechen (何辰) a Khitan chieftain (baghatur) (契丹莫弗賀) (ca.470)
  • Mer-gan (Hanzi : 勿于 pinyin : Wuyu) another baghatur (ca. 479)
  • Duomi Khagan (多彌可汗) (ca. 585)

The Dahe Tribal Confederation (618-730) (大賀氏)

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Governor-general of Songmo (松漠都督)

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Name of the clan (Khitan or granted Chinese)
First name
Period of reign
Chinese
characters
Westernized Chinese
characters
Westernized
大賀氏 Dahe 咄羅 Duoluo 618/622-627
大賀氏 Dahe 摩會 Mohui 627-644
大賀氏 Dahe 李窟哥 (Li) Kuge 644-653/658
大賀氏 Dahe 阿卜固 / 阿不固 Abugu 653/658-660
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 660-675
大賀氏 Dahe 李盡忠 Li Jinzhong 675-696
内稽氏 Neiji tribe 孫萬榮 Sun Wanrong 696-697
大賀氏 Dahe 李失活 (Li) Shihuo 697-717
大賀氏 Dahe 李娑固 / 李婆固 (Li) Suogu / (Li) Pogu 717-720
大賀氏 Dahe 李郁于 / 李鬱干 (Li) Yuyu / (Li) Yugan 720-722/724
大賀氏 Dahe 李吐于 / 李吐干 / 李咄于 (Li) Tuyu / (Li) Tugan / (Li) Duoyu 722/724-725
大賀氏 Dahe 李邵固 (Li) Shaogu 725-730

Prefecture of Xuanzhou (玄州)

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Khitans tribes who did not belong to the Dahe confederation but living at the same period

Name of the clan (Khitan or granted Chinese)
First name
Period of reign
Chinese
characters
Westernized Chinese
characters
Westernized
(李)去閭 (Li) Qulü
據曲 / 曲據 Juqu / Quju 646-648

Other Khitan chieftains (酋長)

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  • Tanmozhe (貪沒折) (ca. 630)

The Yaonian Tribal Confederation (730-906) (遙輦氏)

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The supreme chieftain of the Khitan (khagans)

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Title name (Khitan or granted Chinese)
First name
Period of reign
Chinese
characters
Westernized Chinese
characters
Westernized
洼可汗 Wa khaghan 屈列 Julü (Qulie) 730-734
北平郡王 Prince of Beiping 李過折 (Li) Guozhe 735
阻午可汗 Zuwu Khagan 俎里
(李懷秀/李懷節)
Zuli
(Li) Huaixiu/(Li) Huaijie
735-745
胡剌可汗 Hula khaghan 楷落 Kailuo 746-778
蘇可汗 Su khaghan Unknown Unknown 778-800
鮮質可汗 Xianzhi khaghan Unknown Unknown 800-820
昭古可汗 Zhaogu khaghan Unknown Unknown 820-842
耶瀾可汗 Yelan khaghan 屈戌 Qushu 842-860
巴剌可汗 Bala khaghan 習爾之 / 習爾 Xi'erzhi / Xi'er 860-882
痕德堇可汗 / 痕德可汗 Hendeji khaghan/Hende khaghan 欽德 Qinde 882-906

Liao dynasty (916-1125)

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There were nine emperors of the Liao dynasty, which at its height ruled over an area composing modern day Mongolia and northern China for over two hundred years. The emperors of the Liao dynasty were Khitans from Yelü clan.

Liao Dynasty 916-1125
Temple Names ( Miao Hao 廟號 miàohào) Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號 shìhào) Birth Names Period of Reigns Era Names (Nian Hao 年號 niánhào) and their according range of years
Convention: "Liao" + temple name except Liao Tianzuodi who is referred using "Liao" + posthumous name
Taizu (太祖 Tàizǔ) Shen Tian Huangdi Yelü Abaoji (耶律阿保機 Yēlǜ Ābǎojī) 916-926 Shence (神冊 Shéncè) 916-922[2]
Tianzan (天贊 Tiānzàn) 922-926[3]
Taizong (太宗 Tàizōng) Xiao Wu Huangdi Yelü Deguang (耶律德光 Yēlǜ Déguāng) 926-947 Tianxian (天顯 Tiānxiǎn) 926-937[4]
Huitong (會同 Huìtóng) 937-947[5]
Datong (大同 Dàtóng) 947[6]
Shizong (世宗 Shìzōng) Tian Shou Huangdi Yelü Ruan (耶律阮 Yēlǜ Ruǎn) 947-951 Tianlu (天祿 Tiānlù) 947-951[7]
Muzong (穆宗 Mùzōng) Yelü Jing (耶律璟 Yēlǜ Jǐng) 951-969 Yingli (應曆 Yìnglì) 951-969[8]
Jingzong (景宗 Jǐngzōng) Yelü Xian (耶律賢 Yēlǜ Xián) 969-982 Baoning (保寧 Bǎoníng) 969-979[9]
Qianheng (乾亨 Qiánhēng) 979-982[10]
Shengzong (聖宗 Shèngzōng) Wen Wu Da Xiao Xuan Huangdi Yelü Longxu (耶律隆緒 Yēlǜ Lóngxù) 982-1031 Qianheng (乾亨 Qiánhēng) 982[10]
Tonghe (統和 Tǒnghé) 983-1012[11]
Kaitai (開泰 Kāitài) 1012-1021[12]
Taiping (太平 Tàipíng) 1021-1031[13]
Xingzong (興宗 Xīngzōng) Xiao Zheng Huangdi Yelü Zongzhen (耶律宗真 Yēlǜ Zōngzhēn) 1031–1055 Jingfu (景福 Jǐngfú) 1031-1032[14]
Chongxi (重熙 Chóngxī) 1032-1055[15]
Daozong (道宗 Dàozōng) Yelü Hongji (耶律洪基 Yēlǜ Hóngjī) 1055–1101 Qingning (清寧 Qīngníng) 1055-1064[16]
Xianyong (咸雍 Xiányōng) 1065-1074[17]
Taikang (太康 Tàikāng) or Dakang (大康 Dàkāng) 1075-1084[18]
Da'an (大安 Dà'ān) 1085-1094[19]
Shouchang (壽昌 Shòuchāng) or Shoulong (壽隆 Shòulóng) 1095-1101[20]
Tianzuodi (天祚帝 Tiānzuòdì) Yelü Yanxi (耶律延禧 Yēlǜ Yánxǐ) 1101–1125 Qiantong (乾統 Qiántǒng) 1101-1110[21]
Tianqing (天慶 Tiānqìng) 1111-1120[22]
Baoda (保大 Bǎodà) 1121-1125[23]

Qara Khitai/Western Liao (1124-1218)

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Sovereigns of Qara Khitai 1124-1218
Temple Names (Miao Hao 廟號 miàohào) Posthumous Names (Shi Hao 諡號 shìhào) Birth Names Convention[citation needed] Period of Reign Era Names (Nian Hao 年號 niánhào) and their according range of years
Dezong (德宗 Dézōng) Tianyouwuliedi (天祐武烈帝 Tiānyòuwǔlièdì) Yelü Dashi (耶律大石 Yēlǜ Dàshí or 耶律達實 Yēlǜ Dáshí) 1 use birth name 1124-1144 Yanqing (延慶 Yánqìng) 1124 or 1125-1134

Kangguo (康國 Kāngguó) 1134-1144

Did not exist Gantianhou (感天后 Gǎntiānhòu) Tabuyan (塔不煙 Tǎbùyān) "Xi Liao" + posthumous name 1144-1150 Xianqing (咸清 Xiánqīng) 1144-1150
Emperor Renzong of Western Liao (仁宗 Rénzōng) Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign Yelü Yilie (耶律夷列 Yēlǜ Yíliè) "Xi Liao" + temple name 1150-1164 Shaoxing (紹興 Shàoxīng) or Xuxing (Xùxīng 續興)2 1150-1164
Did not exist Chengtianhou (承天后 Chéngtiānhòu) Yelü Pusuwan (耶律普速完 Yēlǜ Pǔsùwán) "Xi Liao" + posthumous name 1164-1178 Chongfu (崇福 Chóngfú) 1164-1178
Did not exist Mozhu (末主 Mòzhǔ) or Modi (末帝 Mòdì) Yelü Zhilugu (耶律直魯古 Yēlǜ Zhílǔgǔ) use birth name 1178-1211 Tianxi (天禧 Tiānxī) 1178-1218
Did not exist Did not exist Kuchlug (Ch. 屈出律 Qūchūlǜ) use birth name 1211-1218

1 "Dashi" might be the Chinese title "Taishi", meaning "vizier"; or, it could mean "Stone" in Turkish, as the Chinese transliteration suggests.
2 Recently discovered Western Liao coins have the era name "Xuxing", suggesting that the era name "Shaoxing" recorded in Chinese sources may be incorrect.[24]

Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty

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Remarks

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The family name Li is a "rewarded" name being similar to the Emperor's name Li of the Tang dynasty.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "China's Liao Dynasty". Asia Society.
  2. ^ Bo (1977) 842-845.
  3. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 845-849.
  4. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 849-856.
  5. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 856-863.
  6. ^ Bo (1977), p. 863.
  7. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 863-867.
  8. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 867-879.
  9. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 879-882.
  10. ^ a b Bo (1977), pp. 882-883.
  11. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 883-893.
  12. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 893-895.
  13. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 895-896.
  14. ^ Bo (1977), p. 896.
  15. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 896-905.
  16. ^ Bo (1977), pp. 905-908.
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