List of Khitan rulers
The period of the Ancient Eight Tribes
- Hechen (何辰) a Khitan chieftain (mofuhe) (契丹莫弗贺) (ca.470)
- Mer-gan (Hanzi : 勿于 pinyin : Wuyu) an other mohfuhe (ca. 479)
- Duomi Khagan (多彌可汗) (ca. 585)
The Dahe Tribal Confederation (618-730) (大賀氏)
Governor-general of Songmo (松漠都督)
| 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/咄罗 | Duoluo | 618/622-627 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | 摩會/摩会 | Mohui | 627-644 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | 窟哥 | (Li) Kuge | 644-653/658 |
| Unknown | Unknown | 阿不固/阿卜固 | Abugu | 653/658-660 |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 660-675 |
| 内稽氏 | Neiji tribe | 孫萬榮 | (Sun) Wanrong | 696-697 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | 李盡忠 | (Li) Jinzhong | 675-696 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | 李失活 | (Li) Shihuo | 697-717 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | 李娑固 | (Li) Suogu | 718-720 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | (李鬱干)/鬱于/郁于 | (Li) (Yugan)/Yuyu | 720-722/724 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | (李吐干)/吐于 | (Li) (Tugan)/Tuyu | 722/724-725 |
| 大賀氏 | Dahe | 李邵固 | (Li) Shaogu | 725-730 |
Prefecture of Xuanzhou (玄州)
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)
- Tanmozhe (貪沒折) (ca. 630)
The Yaonian Tribal Confederation (730-906) (遥辇氏)
The supreme chieftain of the Khitan (khagans)
| 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 | 过折/過折 | (Li) Guozhe | 735 |
| 阻午可汗 | Zuwu Khagan | 遥辇俎里 (李懷節/李怀秀/李懷秀) |
Dinian Zuli Li Huaixiu/Li Huaijie |
735-745 |
| 胡剌可汗 | Hula khaghan | 楷洛/楷落 | Kailuo | 746-778 |
| 苏可汗/蘇可汗 | Su khaghan | Unknown | Unknown | 778-800 |
| 巴刺可汗 | Bala khaghan | Unknown | Unknown | 800-820 |
| 昭古可汗 | Zhaogu khaghan | Unknown | Unknown | 820-842 |
| 耶谰可汗 | Yelan khaghan | 屈戌 | Qushu | 842-860 |
| 鮮質可汗 | Xianzhi khaghan | 習爾 | Xi'er /Xi'erzhi | 860-882 |
| 痕德廑可汗 | Hendeji khaghan | 钦德/欽德 | Qinde | 882-906 |
Remarks
The family name Li is a "rewarded" name being similar to the Emperor's name Li of Tang Empire.