Khitan ruler (契丹主)

Overview

Khitan ruler was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 944 天福九年正月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 95, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 95, passage 173

Events and relationships

Personally led the steppe Xi and Bohai barbarians and others to attack Bei prefecture from all four sides
AD 944 天福九年正月 · Military · Commander · At Bei prefecture 貝州
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 95, passage 173

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 95, passage 173

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 95Volume 95 Book of Later Jin 21: Biographies 10: Huang Fuyu, Wang Qing, Liang Hanzhang, Bai Fengjin, Lu Shunmi, Zhou Huan, Shen Yun, Wu Luan, Di Zhang, Cheng Fuyun, Guo Lin · 1 passage

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其一日大噪環其城，明日陳攻具於四墉，三日契丹主躬率步奚及渤海夷等四面進攻。 On the first day they raised a great clamor encircling the city; the next day they deployed siege engines on the four walls; on the third day the Khitan ruler personally led the steppe Xi and Bohai barbarians and others to attack from all four sides.