- The Qara
Khitai, or Kara
Khitai (simplified Chinese: 哈剌契丹;
traditional Chinese: 喀喇契丹; pinyin: Kālā Qìdān or Chinese: 黑契丹; pinyin: Hēi Qìdān; lit. 'Black...
- Look up Khitan or
khitan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Khitan or
Khitai may
refer to:
Khitan (cir****cision), the
Islamic cir****cision rite Khitan...
-
Achaemenid Empire,
various Turkic forces and the
Mongol Empire. The Qara
Khitai also
briefly controlled the
majority of Turkestan's land.
Known as Turan...
- The
Mongol Empire conquered the Qara
Khitai (Western Liao Empire) in the year 1218 AD.
Prior to the invasion, war with the
Khwarazmian Empire and the usurpation...
- Iran from 1077 to 1231;
first as v****als of the
Seljuk Empire and the Qara
Khitai (Western Liao dynasty), and from
circa 1190 as
independent rulers up until...
- they came
under the
suzerainty of the
Seljuk Empire followed by the Qara
Khitai (Western Liao dynasty) who
defeated the
Seljuks in the
Battle of Qatwan...
-
approximate period of 1077 to 1231,
first as v****als of the
Seljuks and the Qara
Khitai (Western Liao), and
later as
independent rulers, up
until the
Mongol conquest...
-
capital Zhongdu. His
general Jebe
annexed the
Central Asian state of Qara
Khitai in 1218.
Genghis was
provoked to
invade the
Khwarazmian Empire the following...
- in
Central Asia. The campaign,
which followed the
annexation of the Qara
Khitai Khanate, saw
widespread devastation and atrocities. The
invasion marked...
- Dai
Khitai (Dari: دای ختای) are a
tribe of
Hazara people in Afghanistan.
Regardless of
their position among the
major groupings, the Dai
Khitai are often...
