Liao dynasty

Khitan imperial dynasty in East Asia (916-1125), controlling northern and northeastern China, Mongolia, Russian Far East and North Korea

peace treaty between the Northern Song dynasty and the Liao dynasty in 1005

The Yelü clan (Khitan: 20px|middle|alt=, spelled , pronounced Yeruuld; ), alternatively rendered as Yila () or Yarud, was a prominent family of ethnic Khitan origin in the history of China. The clan assumed leadership of the Khitan tribal confederation in 907 when Abaoji was made khagan. In 916, Abaoji founded the Liao dynasty. 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 Western Liao and during the Mongols era of conquest in the 13th century. Yelü Chucai, the last recorded person to be able t

imperial dynasty of China ruled by a non-Han ethnicity

southern capital of the Liao dynasty