15 Facts About Qara Khitai

The Qara Khitai is considered by historians to be an orthodox dynasty of China, as is the case for its predecessor the Liao dynasty.

Territories of the Qara Khitai corresponded to parts of modern-day China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Qara Khitai took on trappings of a Chinese state and inherited the dynastic name "Great Liao".

Name "Qara Khitai", commonly used by Central Asian tribes to refer to the dynasty, is commonly used in Western scholarly works.

Qara Khitai empire was established by Yelu Dashi, who led nomadic Khitans west by way of Mongolia after the collapse of the Liao dynasty.

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Qara Khitai then fell in love with her husband's younger brother, Xiao Fuguzhi.

The Qara Khitai-Khitans were dispersed widely all over Eurasia as part of the Mongol army.

In Chinese historiography, the Qara Khitai is most commonly called the "Western Liao" and is considered to be an orthodox Chinese dynasty, as is the case for the Liao dynasty.

The history of the Qara Khitai was included in the History of Liao, which was compiled officially during the Yuan dynasty by Toqto'a et al.

Qara Khitai monarchs used the title of "Chinese emperor", and were called the "Khan of Chin".

The Qara Khitai used the "image of China" to legitimize their rule to the Central Asians.

Qara Khitai kept the trappings of a Chinese state, such as Chinese coins, Chinese imperial titles, the Chinese writing system, tablets, seals, and used Chinese products like porcelein, mirrors, jade and other Chinese customs.

Names derived from Qara Khitai are still current in modern usage, such as the Russian, Bulgarian, Uzbek and Mongolian names for China.

However, the use of the name Qara Khitai to mean "China" or "Chinese" by Turkic speakers within China, such as the Uyghurs, is considered pejorative by the Chinese authorities, who tried to ban it.

The discovery of this seal further indicated that the Qara Khitai Khanate adopted the Chinese administrative practice, as such seals were commonly used in the Imperial Chinese government apparatus.