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Liao Subject-Tribes Revolt

Type Event Region East Asia Time 1089–1092

Around 1089, Liao's northwestern and southwestern subject tribes revolted over heavier tribute and official extortion;…

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  1. 1089–1090Zubu territory · Mongolian PlateauThe Zubu and other subject tribes, resenting the Liao court's horse requisitions and heavier tribute, gathered in revolt, raiding northwestern frontier forts and killing resident Liao officials.
  2. 1090–1092Zhenzhou · Liao Northwestern CircuitEmperor Daozong dispatched generals westward, defeating the rebels' main forces and re-establishing military commissioners over the subject tribes to keep them subdued; the revolt gradually subsided within a few years.

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