Sui and Tang · Khitan Khan

Khala Khan 胡剌可汗

Hula Kehan

Attested AD 746 - AD 755

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Khala Khan as a ruler and tribal leader. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Khala Khan 胡剌可汗 Hula Kehan
Title Khala Khan 胡剌可汗 Hula Kehan
Regnal Khala Khan 胡剌可汗

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler
  • Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 遙輦胡剌可汗制祭山儀 · Western Interval: Start: AD 746 · End: AD 755
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:049:s0016
  • Source Date: Text: 非胡剌可汗之故也 · Western Interval: Start: AD 746 · End: AD 755
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:049:s0066

Origins and identity

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: institutor · Action: instituted · Object: Mountain Sacrifice Rite / 祭山儀 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遙輦胡剌可汗制祭山儀 · Western Interval: Start: AD 746 · End: AD 755
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:049:s0016

Source notes

  • Statement: Adding a Bodhisattva Hall visit after tree-passing in the Mountain Sacrifice Rite was not Khala Khan's original practice
    Explicit · liaoshi:049:s0066

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 49Volume 49 Treatises 19: Rites 1 · 2 passages