THE
QARA-KHITAI EMPIRE In the 1120s China's Liao Dynasty was ousted by the Manchurian Jurchen, which became the Chin Dynasty (Tartars) in China. The Liaos, or Khitans (known by the Chinese as Western Tartars), were driven west into Central Asia, where, after defeating the Seljuq Turks of Persia under the Sultan Sanjar in 1141, they founded the Qara-Khitai Empire with Samarkand as its capital. |
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1124 - 1144 |
Te-Tsung | |
1144 - 1151 |
Kan'Tien Hou | |
1151 - 1163 |
Jen-Tsung | |
1163 - 1178 |
Ch'eng-T'ien Hou | |
1178 - 1211 |
Mo-Chu | |
1210 |
The Qara-Khitai Empire loses Transoxiana to the Khwarazm Shahs, who previously held the status of vassals. | |
1211 - 1218 |
Kuchlug Khan Naiman | |
1218 |
The empire ends, when it is annexed by the Mongol Empire of Chingiz Khan. | |