Qara Khitai

former country in Central Asia

Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai in 1218

1141 battle in Central Asia

Gurkhan () was a Mongol title meaning "Universal Ruler" and roughly equivalent to the older term khagan. It was held by the rulers of the Western Liao dynasty in the 13th century. The title was first adopted by Yelü Dashi (Emperor Dezong of Western Liao) in 1132.

The Qutlugh-Khanids (, otherwise known as the Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty, Kirmanid dynasty, or infrequently as the Later Western Liao; 后西辽) was a dynasty of ethnic Khitan origin that ruled over Kirman (in present-day Kerman province, Iran) from 1222 to 1306.