State1124–1218
Qara Khitai
The Western Liao, a Central Asian empire founded by Khitans who fled west under Yelü Dashi as the Jurchen Jin destroyed the Liao. Ruling a mostly Turkic and Iranian population with Chinese administrative forms, it made the Karakhanids, Khwarazm and Qocho its vassals and crushed the Seljuks at Qatwan (1141); the Naiman Kuchlug usurped it in 1211, and the Mongols conquered it in 1218.
- Dates
- between 1124 and 1132 – 1218
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Central and Northern Asia
- In the threads
- Central Asia and the Steppe (11th–12th c.)
Events
- Yelü Dashi founds the Qara Khitai (Western Liao)1124–1134 · Central and Northern Asia
- Battle of Qatwan9 September 1141 · Central and Northern Asia