Rise of the Western Liao (Black Khitan)

Name: Rise of the Western Liao (Black Khitan)
Start: 1081
End: 1090

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1081–1090

In the 1080s, the Liao dynasty still maintained loose suzerainty over the Western Regions, with its Khitan military-administrative system operating n…

Timeline

1081–1085Former site of the Beiting Protectorate · Northern Tianshan foothillsThrough investiture of Uyghur tribes and the dispatch of military-administrative officials, the Liao dynasty maintained loose Uyghur suzerainty over the northern foothills of the Tianshan, with Khitan military-administrative institutions continuing to operate on the Western Regions frontier.
1086–1090Basmil-Karluk region · SemirechyeKhitan imperial clansmen and military aristocrats accumulated strength on the Western Regions frontier, interacting frequently with the Kara-Khanid Khanate and steppe tribes, preparing manpower and institutional resources for the Khitan westward migration and establishment of the Black Khitan regime after the fall of Liao.

Sources

The Cambridge History of China, Volume 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368 — Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett (1994)
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Qara Khitai https://www.britannica.com/place/Qara-Khitai