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Name: eastern kara-khanid khanate

Type: Cluster

Start: 1042 AD

End: 1211 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Eastern Kara-Khanid Khanate
  • Eastern Kara-Khanid Khanate (Seljuk Empire)
  • Eastern Kara-Khanid Khanate (Kara Khitan)
  • Establishment


  • January 1042: In 1041, the Karakhanid Khanate was definitively divided into a western kingdom and an eastern kingdom.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1103: Harun II of the Eastern Kara-Khanid Khanate (1075 - 1102) had to recognize the sovereignty of the Seljuks.

  • January 1125: Qara Khitai was a sinicized empire in Central Asia, ruled by the Khitan Yelü clan. The dynasty was founded by Yelü Dashi (Emperor Dezong of Liao), who led the remnants of the Liao dynasty to Central Asia after fleeing from the Jurchen conquest of their homeland in the north and northeast of modern-day China.

  • January 1129: The decline of the Eastern Kara-Khanid Khanate began in 1128 when the Kara-Khitans were called into the land to fight rebellious nomads. Soon they also defeated the Qarakhanids and occupied large portions of the country.

  • January 1135: The Khitans then conquered Kashgar, Khotan, and Beshbalik.

  • January 1135: In 1134, the city of Balasagun was captured from the Kara-Khanid Khanate by the Qara Khitai, a Turkic dynasty.

  • January 1138: The Khitans defeated the Western Kara-Khanid Khanate at Khujand in 1137, eventually leading to their control over the Fergana Valley.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1212: The Qarakhanids were deposed in 1211 by the Khwarazm-Shahs.
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