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Yelü Dashi, the Liao general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeated Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan, near Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan.
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Yelü Dashi
Emperor of Western Liao from 1124 to 1143
Yelü Dashi, courtesy name Zhongde (重德), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Dezong of Western Liao (西遼德宗), was the founder of the Western Liao dynasty. He initially ruled as king from 1124 to 1132, then as emperor and gurkhan from 1132 to 1143. He was also known in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Liao dynasty
Khitan imperial dynasty of China (916–1125)
The Liao dynasty, also known as the Khitan State, officially the Great Liao, was a Khitan-led imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Yelü clan that existed between 916 and 1125. Founded around the time of the collapse of the Tang dynasty, at its greatest extent it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Qara Khitai
Historical sinicized empire in Central Asia
The Qara Khitai, or Kara Khitai, also known as the Western Liao, officially the Great Liao, was a dynastic regime based in Central Asia ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people. Being a rump state of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty, Western Liao was culturally Sinicized to a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Seljuk Empire
Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim empire (1037–1194)
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Kara-Khanid Khanate
Turkic state in Central Asia from 840 to 1212
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Battle of Qatwan
1141 Qara Khitai victory over the Seljuks
The Battle of Qatwan was fought in September 1141 between the Qara Khitai and the Seljuk Empire and its vassal-state the Kara-Khanid Khanate. The battle ended in a decisive defeat for the Seljuks, signaling the beginning of the end of the Great Seljuk Empire.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Samarkand
City in southeastern Uzbekistan
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