Khitan or Khitai may refer to:
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Khitan (circumcision), the Islamic circumcision rite
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Khitan people
The Khitan people (Khitan small script: ; ) were a historical nomadic people from Northeast Asia who, from the 4th century, inhabited an area corresponding to parts of modern Mongolia, Northeast China and the Russian Far East.
As a people desce ...
, an ancient nomadic people located in Mongolia and northern China
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Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü ...
(916–1125), a dynasty of China ruled by the Khitan Yelü clan
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Northern Liao (1122–1123), a regime in northern China
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Qara Khitai (1124–1218), alternatively called the "Western Liao", successor to the Liao dynasty in northwestern China and Central Asia
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Eastern Liao (1213–1269), a regime in northeastern China
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Later Liao (1216–1219), a regime in northeastern China
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Khitan language
Khitan or Kitan ( in large script or in small, ''Khitai''; , ''Qìdānyǔ''), also known as Liao, is a now-extinct language once spoken in Northeast Asia by the Khitan people (4th to 13th century). It was the official language of the Liao Empir ...
, a now-extinct language once spoken by the Khitan people
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Khitan scripts (disambiguation) Khitan scripts may refer to one of two mutually exclusive scripts used by the Khitan people during the 10th-12th centuries:
*Khitan small script, invented in about 924 or 925 CE by a scholar named Diela
*Khitan large script
The Khitan large scr ...
, writing systems of the Khitan people, for the now-extinct Khitan language
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Khitan large script, a logographic writing system
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Khitan small script
The Khitan small script () was one of two writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language (the other was the Khitan large script). It was used during the 10th–12th century by the Khitan people, who had created the Liao Empire in present- ...
, a semi-syllabic and logographic writing system
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Cathay
Cathay (; ) is a historical name for China that was used in Europe. During the early modern period, the term ''Cathay'' initially evolved as a term referring to what is now Northern China, completely separate and distinct from China, which ...
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