Yelü clan

founder of the Western Liao dynasty, or the Kara-Khitan Khanate

Khitan astronomer, adviser to Genghis Khan ; chancellor to Ögedei Khan (1189-1243)

King of Dongdan from 926 to 937; CBDB ID = 29262

Regent

Khidan emperor

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

Liao Dynasty general

Inventor of the Khitan small script (c.925)

Crown Prince of the Liao Dynasty (911-960)

Liao Dynasty general