Khitan or Khitai may refer to:
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Khitan (circumcision)
''Khitan'' () or ''Khatna'' () is the Arabic term for circumcision, and the Glossary of Islam, Islamic term for the practice of religious male circumcision in Islamic culture. Male circumcision is widespread in the Muslim world, and accepted as ...
, the Islamic circumcision rite
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Khitan people
The Khitan people (Khitan small script: ; ) were a historical Eurasian nomads, 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.
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, an ancient nomadic people located in Mongolia and northern China
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Liao dynasty (916–1125), a dynasty of China ruled by the Khitan Yelü clan
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Northern Liao
The Northern Liao (), officially the Great Liao (), was a dynastic regime of China, distinct from the Liao dynasty, established by the Khitan Yelü clan in northern China. The state only existed for a short period of time between 1122 and 1123. ...
(1122–1123), a regime in northern China
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Qara Khitai
The Qara Khitai, or Kara Khitai ( zh, t=喀喇契丹, s=哈剌契丹, p=Kālā Qìdān or zh, c=黑契丹, p=Hēi Qìdān, l=Black Khitan, links=no), also known as the Western Liao ( zh, t=西遼, p=Xī Liáo, links=no), officially the Great L ...
(1124–1218), alternatively called the "Western Liao", successor to the Liao dynasty in northwestern China and Central Asia
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Eastern Liao
Eastern Liao () was a 13th-century kingdom in what is now Northeast China, established by the Khitan Yelü clan in an attempt to resurrect the Liao dynasty. Its capital was situated in modern-day Kaiyuan, Liaoning.
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Yelü Liuge, a ...
(1213–1269), a regime in northeastern China
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Later Liao
Later Liao () was a short-lived dynastic regime in Northeast China that existed between 1216 and 1219. It was ruled by the House of Yelü and was the last regime that sought to revive the Liao dynasty in China (the Eastern Liao had by this time ...
(1216–1219), a regime in northeastern China
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Khitan language
Khitan or Kitan ( in large Khitan script, large script or in small Khitan script, small, ''Khitai''; , ''Qìdānyǔ''), also known as Liao, is an extinct language once spoken in Northeast Asia by the Khitan people (4th to 13th century CE). It wa ...
, 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
The Khitan people (Khitan small script: ; ) were a historical Eurasian nomads, nomadic people from Northeast Asia who, from the 4th century, inhabited a ...
, writing systems of the Khitan people, for the now-extinct Khitan language
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Khitan large script
The Khitan large script () was one of two writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language (the other was the Khitan small script). It was used during the 10th–12th centuries by the Khitan people, who had created the Liao Empire in no ...
, 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. It was used during the 10th–12th century by the Khitan people, who had created the Liao Empire in present-day northeastern China. In addition to ...
, 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 w ...
in many languages
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