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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Zhilugu" title="Yelü Zhilugu">Yelü Zhilugu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_the_Liao_dynasty" title="List of emperors of the Liao dynasty">Emperor of the Great Liao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Estate(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Palaces in Linhuang and <a href="/wiki/Balasagun" title="Balasagun">Balasagun</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deposition</th><td class="infobox-data">1211 (usurpation of Western Liao throne by <a href="/wiki/Kuchlug" title="Kuchlug">Kuchlug</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Yelü</b> clan (<a href="/wiki/Khitan_language" title="Khitan language">Khitan</a>: <span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ei.ra.u.ud.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="𘬜‎𘭪‎𘲚‎𘱪‎" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ei.ra.u.ud.svg/20px-Ei.ra.u.ud.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ei.ra.u.ud.svg/30px-Ei.ra.u.ud.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ei.ra.u.ud.svg/40px-Ei.ra.u.ud.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span>, spelled <span style="font-family:Arial;">əy.er.uu.əld</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> pronounced <i>Yeruuld</i>; <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">耶律</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Yēlǜ</span></i>), alternatively rendered as <b>Yila </b> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">移剌</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Yílǎ</span></i>) or <b>Yarud</b>, was a prominent family of ethnic <a href="/wiki/Khitan_people" title="Khitan people">Khitan</a> origin in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China">history of China</a>. The clan assumed leadership of the Khitan tribal confederation in 907 when <a href="/wiki/Abaoji" title="Abaoji">Abaoji</a> was made khagan. In 916, Abaoji founded the <a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Liao dynasty</a>. After the fall of the Liao dynasty in 1125, members of the Yelü family continued to play significant roles in history, most notably for ruling the <a href="/wiki/Qara_Khitai" title="Qara Khitai">Western Liao</a> and during the <a href="/wiki/Mongols" title="Mongols">Mongols</a> era of conquest in the 13th century. <a href="/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Chucai" title="Yelü Chucai">Yelü Chucai</a>, the last recorded person to be able to speak and read the <a href="/wiki/Khitan_language" title="Khitan language">Khitan language</a>, is notable for advising <a href="/wiki/Genghis_Khan" title="Genghis Khan">Genghis Khan</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucian</a> tradition. </p><p>The Yelü clan established numerous dynastic regimes in Chinese history: the Liao dynasty, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Liao" title="Northern Liao">Northern Liao</a>, Western Liao, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Liao" title="Eastern Liao">Eastern Liao</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Later_Liao" title="Later Liao">Later Liao</a>. In particular, the Liao dynasty and Western Liao were powerful empires that had significant impact on regional history. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rise_to_power">Rise to power</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yel%C3%BC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Rise to power"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Abaoji" title="Abaoji">Abaoji</a></div> <p>Abaoji, born in 872, was the son of the chieftain of the Yila tribe. At this time, the Yaolian clan had led the Khitan people since the mid-eighth century, and were the only Khitan family to have adopted a surname at this point as this was seen as a mark of <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han</a> culture and not befitting of peoples of the steppe. </p><p>In 901, Abaoji was elected chieftain of the Yila tribe and in 905 forged relations with <a href="/wiki/Li_Keyong" title="Li Keyong">Li Keyong</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shato" class="mw-redirect" title="Shato">Shatuo Turks</a>. In 907, he was chosen leader of the Khitans, the first outside the Yaolian lineage to be chosen in more than a century and a half. From this, Abaoji and his successors developed the Liao dynasty, which would conquer all of <a href="/wiki/Manchuria" title="Manchuria">Manchuria</a>, the northern fringe of the <a href="/wiki/Zhongyuan" title="Zhongyuan">Central Plain</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Sixteen_Prefectures" title="Sixteen Prefectures">Sixteen Prefectures</a> and adjacent areas of northern <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>, eastern <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Plateau" title="Mongolian Plateau">Mongolian Plateau</a> and parts of far-eastern <a href="/wiki/Siberia" title="Siberia">Siberia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Liao_dynasty">Liao dynasty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yel%C3%BC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Liao dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Liao dynasty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qara_Khitai" title="Qara Khitai">Qara Khitai</a></div> <p>Every monarch of the <a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Liao dynasty</a> was from the Yelü clan, which adopted the surname sometime in the 930s, after the death of <a href="/wiki/Abaoji" title="Abaoji">Abaoji</a> (Emperor Taizu). The clan directly governed the southern half of the empire while the Xiao <a href="/wiki/Consort_kin" title="Consort kin">consort clan</a> governed the north. The Southern Chancellory was charged with governing the <a href="/wiki/Sedentism" title="Sedentism">sedentary</a> population of the empire, mostly ethnic <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han</a> and residents of the conquered kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Balhae" title="Balhae">Bohai</a>. As such, there is evidence of at least limited <a href="/wiki/Sinicization" title="Sinicization">Sinicization</a> on the part of the Yelü clan. </p><p>Even as late as 1074, a proposal was brought before the Liao emperors to adopt surnames throughout the empire. This was rejected as an idea that would disrupt the traditional Khitan social order. </p><p>The Liao dynasty fell to the <a href="/wiki/Jurchen_people" title="Jurchen people">Jurchen</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(1115%E2%80%931234)" title="Jin dynasty (1115–1234)">Jin dynasty</a> in 1125, but a branch of the Yelü imperial clan survived and established another dynastic empire in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Regions" title="Western Regions">Western Regions</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Qara_Khitai" title="Qara Khitai">Western Liao</a>, also called the Qara Khitai. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Yelü_leaders"><span id="Yel.C3.BC_leaders"></span>Yelü leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yel%C3%BC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Yelü leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liao_dynasty_2">Liao dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yel%C3%BC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Liao dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Emperors of the <a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Liao dynasty</a> (916-1125) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Temple Names ( <a href="/wiki/Miao_Hao" class="mw-redirect" title="Miao Hao">Miao Hao</a> 廟號 miàohào) </th> <th>Posthumous Names ( <a href="/wiki/Shi_Hao" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi Hao">Shi Hao</a> 諡號 shìhào) </th> <th>Birth Names </th> <th>Period of Reigns </th> <th>Era Names (<a href="/wiki/Nian_Hao" class="mw-redirect" title="Nian Hao">Nian Hao</a> 年號 niánhào) and their according range of years </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center"><i>Convention: "Liao" + temple name except Liao Tianzuodi who is referred using "Liao" + regnal name</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Nieli (涅里 Nièlǐ) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Pidie (毗牒 Pídié) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Keling (頦領 Kélǐng) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suzu (Posthumously honored) (肅祖 Sùzŭ) </td> <td>昭烈皇帝 </td> <td>Noulisi (耨里思 Nòulǐsī) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yizu (Posthumously honored) (懿祖 Yìzŭ) </td> <td>莊敬皇帝 </td> <td>Salade (薩剌德 Sàládé) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Xuanzu (Posthumously honored) (玄祖 Xuánzŭ) </td> <td>簡獻皇帝 </td> <td>Yundeshi (勻德實 Yúndéshí) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dezu (Posthumously honored) (德祖 Dézŭ) </td> <td>宣簡皇帝 </td> <td>Saladi (撒剌的 Sālàdī) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taizu_of_Liao" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Taizu of Liao">Taizu</a> (太祖 Tàizǔ) </td> <td>升天皇帝, 大聖大明天皇帝, 大聖大明神烈天皇帝 </td> <td>Yi (億 Yì) </td> <td>916-926 </td> <td>Shence (神冊 Shéncè) 916-922<br /> <p>Tianzan (天贊 Tiānzàn) 922-926<br /> Tianxian (天顯 Tiānxiǎn) 926 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yizong (義宗 Yìzōng) </td> <td>文武元皇王, 讓國皇帝, 文獻皇帝, 文獻欽義皇帝 </td> <td>Bei (倍 Bèi) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taizong_of_Liao" title="Emperor Taizong of Liao">Taizong</a> (太宗 Tàizōng) </td> <td>嗣聖皇帝, 孝武皇帝, 孝武惠文皇帝 </td> <td>Deguang (德光 Déguāng) </td> <td>926-947 </td> <td>Tianxian (天顯 Tiānxiǎn) 927-938<br /> <p>Huitong (會同 Huìtóng) 938-947<br /> Datong (大同 Dàtóng) 947 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Shizong_of_Liao" title="Emperor Shizong of Liao">Shizong</a> (世宗 Shìzōng) </td> <td>孝和皇帝, 孝和莊憲皇帝 </td> <td>Ruan (阮 Ruǎn) </td> <td>947-951 </td> <td>Tianlu (天祿 Tiānlù) 947-951 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Muzong_of_Liao" title="Emperor Muzong of Liao">Muzong</a> (穆宗 Mùzōng) </td> <td>天順皇帝, 孝安敬正皇帝 </td> <td>Jing (璟 Jǐng) </td> <td>951-969 </td> <td>Yingli (應曆 Yìnglì) 951-969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Jingzong_of_Liao" title="Emperor Jingzong of Liao">Jingzong</a> (景宗 Jǐngzōng) </td> <td>孝成皇帝, 孝成康靖皇帝 </td> <td>Xian (賢 Xián) </td> <td>969-982 </td> <td>Baoning (保寧 Bǎoníng) 969-979<br /> <p>Qianheng (乾亨 Qiánhēng) 979-982 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Shengzong_of_Liao" title="Emperor Shengzong of Liao">Shengzong</a> (聖宗 Shèngzōng) </td> <td>文武大孝宣皇帝 </td> <td>Longxu (隆緒 Lóngxù) </td> <td>982-1031 </td> <td>Qianheng (乾亨 Qiánhēng) 982<br /> <p>Tonghe (統和 Tǒnghé) 983-1012<br /> Kaitai (開泰 Kāitài) 1012-1021<br /> Taiping (太平 Tàipíng) 1021-1031 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Xingzong_of_Liao" title="Emperor Xingzong of Liao">Xingzong</a> (興宗 Xīngzōng) </td> <td>神聖孝章皇帝 </td> <td>Zongzhen (宗眞 Zōngzhēn) </td> <td>1031-1055 </td> <td>Jingfu (景福 Jǐngfú) 1031-1032<br /> <p>Chongxi (重熙 Chóngxī) 1032-1055 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Daozong_of_Liao" title="Emperor Daozong of Liao">Daozong</a> (道宗 Dàozōng) </td> <td>仁聖大孝文皇帝 </td> <td>Hongji (洪基 Hóngjī) </td> <td>1055-1101 </td> <td>Qingning (清寧 Qīngníng) 1055-1064<br /> <p>Xianyong (咸雍 Xiányōng) 1065-1074<br /> Taikang (太康 Tàikāng) or Dakang (大康 Dàkāng) 1075-1084<br /> Da'an (大安 Dà'ān) 1085-1094<br /> Shouchang (壽昌 Shòuchāng) or Shoulong (壽隆 Shòulóng) 1095-1101 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shunzong (順宗 Shùnzōng) </td> <td>昭懷太子, 大孝順聖皇帝 </td> <td>Jun (濬 Jùn) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gongzong (恭宗 Gōngzōng) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Tianzuodi_of_Liao" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Tianzuodi of Liao">Tianzuodi</a> (天祚帝 Tiānzuòdì) <sup><b>1</b></sup> </td> <td>Yanxi (延禧 Yánxǐ) </td> <td>1101-1125 </td> <td>Qiantong (乾統 Qiántǒng) 1101-1110<br /> <p>Tianqing (天慶 Tiānqìng) 1111-1120<br /> Baoda (保大 Bǎodà) 1121-1125 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="font-size:smaller"><b><sup>1</sup></b> Regnal name. Not a posthumous name. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Liao_dynasty">Western Liao dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yel%C3%BC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Western Liao dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Emperors of the <a href="/wiki/Qara_Khitai" title="Qara Khitai">Western Liao dynasty</a> (1124-1218) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Temple Names ( <a href="/wiki/Miao_Hao" class="mw-redirect" title="Miao Hao">Miao Hao</a> 廟號 miàohào)</th> <th>Posthumous Names ( <a href="/wiki/Shi_Hao" class="mw-redirect" title="Shi Hao">Shi Hao</a> 諡號 shìhào)</th> <th>Birth Names</th> <th>Convention</th> <th>Period of Reign</th> <th>Era Names (<a href="/wiki/Nian_Hao" class="mw-redirect" title="Nian Hao">Nian Hao</a> 年號 niánhào) and their according range of years </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" align="center"><i>Convention: check each sovereign</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dezong (德宗 Dézōng)</td> <td>Tianyouwuliedi (天祐武烈帝 Tiānyòuwǔlièdì)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Dashi" title="Yelü Dashi">Yelü Dashi</a> (耶律大石 Yēlǜ Dàshí or 耶律達實 Yēlǜ Dáshí) <sup><b>1</b></sup></td> <td>use birth name</td> <td>1124-1144</td> <td>Yanqing (延慶 Yánqìng) 1124 or 1125-1134<br /> <p>Kangguo (康國 Kāngguó) 1134-1144<br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Did not apply</td> <td>Gantianhou (感天后 Gǎntiānhòu)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xiao_Tabuyan" title="Xiao Tabuyan">Tabuyan</a> (塔不煙 Tǎbùyān)</td> <td>"Xi Liao" + posthumous name</td> <td>1144-1150</td> <td>Xianqing (咸清 Xiánqīng) 1144-1150<br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Renzong (仁宗 Rénzōng)</td> <td>正徳皇帝</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Yilie" title="Yelü Yilie">Yelü Yilie</a> (耶律夷列 Yēlǜ Yíliè)</td> <td>"Xi Liao" + temple name</td> <td>1150-1164</td> <td>Shaoxing (紹興 Shàoxīng) 1150-1164<br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Did not apply</td> <td>Chengtianhou (承天后 Chéngtiānhòu)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Pusuwan" title="Yelü Pusuwan">Pusuwan</a> (普速完 Pǔsùwán)</td> <td>"Xi Liao" + posthumous name</td> <td>1164-1178</td> <td>Chongfu (崇福 Chóngfú) 1164-1178<br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>None</td> <td>None</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Zhilugu" title="Yelü Zhilugu">Yelü Zhilugu</a> (耶律直魯古 Yēlǜ Zhílǔgǔ)</td> <td>use birth name</td> <td>1178-1211</td> <td>Tianxi (天禧 Tiānxī) 1178-1211<br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>None</td> <td>None</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuchlug" title="Kuchlug">Kuchlug</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Ch.</a> 屈出律 Qūchūlǜ) <sup><b>2</b></sup></td> <td>use birth name</td> <td>1211-1218</td> <td>Tianxi (天禧 Tiānxī) 1211-1218<br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" style="font-size:smaller"><b><sup>1</sup></b> "Dashi" might be the Chinese title "Taishi", meaning "vizier"; or it could mean "stone" in Turkish, as the Chinese transliteration suggests.<br /> <p><b><sup>2</sup></b> Kuchlug was not a member of the Yelü clan by birth, but he later became the son-in-law of Yelü Zhilugu and usurped the Western Liao throne. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yel%C3%BC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khitan_people" title="Khitan people">Khitan people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Liao dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Liao" title="Northern Liao">Northern Liao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qara_Khitai" title="Qara Khitai">Western Liao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Liao" title="Eastern Liao">Eastern Liao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Later_Liao" title="Later Liao">Later Liao</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yel%C3%BC&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREF大竹昌巳2020" class="citation book cs1">大竹昌巳 (2020-07-31). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://worldcat.org/oclc/1189792795"><i>契丹語の歴史言語学的研究</i></a>. 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rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">New title</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Ruling House</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a> </b><br />8th century–1125 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Khamag_Mongol" title="Khamag Mongol">Khamag Mongol</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Borjigin" title="Borjigin">Borjigin</a>)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/House_of_Li" title="House of Li">Li</a>)</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Ruling House</a> of (North) <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> </b><br />916 –1125 </td> <td 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title="Bayads">Bayad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chantuu" title="Chantuu">Chantuu</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choros_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Choros people">Choros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B6rbet_Oirat" title="Dörbet Oirat">Dörbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzungar_people" title="Dzungar people">Dzungar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoid" title="Khoid">Khoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoshut" title="Khoshut">Khoshut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khotons" title="Khotons">Khoton</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmyks" title="Kalmyks">Kalmyk</a> <ul><li>incl. <a href="/wiki/Buzava" title="Buzava">Buzava</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myangad" title="Myangad">Myangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olot_people" title="Olot people">Olot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sart_Kalmyks" title="Sart Kalmyks">Sart Kalmyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torghut" title="Torghut">Torghut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Mongols" title="Upper Mongols">Upper Mongols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakhchin" title="Zakhchin">Zakhchin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buryats" title="Buryats">Buryats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barga_Mongols" title="Barga Mongols">Barga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamnigan" title="Hamnigan">Hamnigan</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyot" title="Soyot">Soyot</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aimaq_people" title="Aimaq people">Aimaq</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonan_people" title="Bonan people">Bonan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daur_people" title="Daur people">Daur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongxiangs" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongxiangs">Dongxiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazaras" title="Hazaras">Hazara</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangjia_language" title="Kangjia language">Kangjia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_people" title="Mughal people">Mughal</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moghol_people" title="Moghol people">Moghol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monguor_people" title="Monguor people">Monguor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khatso" title="Khatso">Khatso</a> (<i>Yunnan Mongol</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sichuan_Mongols" title="Sichuan Mongols">Sichuan Mongols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sogwo_Arig" title="Sogwo Arig">Sogwo Arig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuvans" title="Tuvans">Tuvan</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugur" class="mw-redirect" title="Yugur">Yugur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Donghu_and_Xianbei" title="Template:Donghu and Xianbei">Donghu and Xianbei</a> · <a 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