Khitan people
Khitan or Khitai were a nomadic people in northeastern Asia, from the fourth century, who lived in the region of Mongolia, northeastern China and Russian Far East. Khitans spoke the Khitan language, which is close to the Mongolic languages.
 Khitans | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| northeastern Asia | |
| Languages | |
| Khitan language | |
| Religion | |
| Animist Taoism Buddhism Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mongol people |
Related pages
Khitan People Media
Khita-i in small script Khitan, made using the SIL Open Font License 1.1-compliant BableStone Khitan Small Glyphs font. Reconstructed reading: "qid.i". Unicode encoding: "𘱿𘱤".
Khitans eating. Tomb mural, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
Liao dynasty tomb relief of Khitans and their baggage cart
A crop of
- Asia 1025ad.jpg, centering on the Liao Dynasty. World map of empires as of 1025 CE.
Khitan falconers in a painting by Chen Juzhong, early 13th c.
Depiction of Yelü Bei
Khitan horsemen. Detail of a painting titled Returning from a Hunt (回獵圖)
The Qara Khitai empire in 1169 at its greatest extent
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