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Qara Khitai
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The Qara Khitai or Kara Khitai, also known as the Western Liao or Great Liao, was a dynastic state based in Central Asia ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitans, who were a Para-Mongolic people from mod
The Khitans in the 10th century, forebears of the Kara-Khitans.
The Khitans in the 10th century, forebears of the Kara-Khitans.
Chinese portrayal of a "Black Khitan" (黑契丹), i.e. Kara-Khitan man, from Sancai Tuhui.
Chinese portrayal of a "Black Khitan" (黑契丹), i.e. Kara-Khitan man, from Sancai Tuhui.
Khitan tomb mural, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia.
Khitan tomb mural, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia.
Khitan gold headdress
Khitan gold headdress
Kara-Khanid Khanate
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The Kara-Khanid Khanate, also known as the Karakhanids, Qarakhanids, Ilek Khanids or the Afrasiabids, was a Karluk Turkic khanate that ruled Central Asia from the 9th to the early 13th century. The dy
Qara Khitai
…China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The Anushtegin dynasty, the Karluks, the Qocho kingdom, the Kankalis and the Kara-Khanid Khanate were vassals of the Qara Khitai at various times. Chinese and Muslim historiographical traditions, including the History of Liao, regarded the Qara…
Anikova dish: Nestorian Christian plate with decoration of the Siege of Jericho, probably made by Sogdian artists under Karluk dominion, in Semirechye
Anikova dish: Nestorian Christian plate with decoration of the Siege of Jericho, probably made by Sogdian artists under Karluk dominion, in Semirechye. Cast silver of the 9th-10th century, copied from an original 8th century plate.
Armoured horsemen on the Anikova dish, Jetisu c. 800.
Armoured horsemen on the Anikova dish, Jetisu c. 800.
Tomb of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan (r. 920–955 CE) the first Muslim Khan of the Kara-Khanids, in Artush, Xinjiang
Tomb of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan (r. 920–955 CE) the first Muslim Khan of the Kara-Khanids, in Artush, Xinjiang
The Kara-Khanid Ilig Khan (left) facing Mahmud of Ghazni riding an elephant in 1017–1018. Jami al-Tawarikh, 1306-14 (Edinburgh Or Ms 20)
The Kara-Khanid Ilig Khan (left) facing Mahmud of Ghazni riding an elephant in 1017–1018. Jami al-Tawarikh, 1306-14 (Edinburgh Or Ms 20)