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Yelü Dashi: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Yeh-lü Ta-shih • Tezong • Xi Liao Tezong
Born 1087 • China
Died 1143 (aged 56) • Central Asia
House / Dynasty Liao dynasty
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Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyayev
Russian general
Kaufmann, detail of an engraving
Konstantin Petrovich Kaufmann
Russian general
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Abaoji
emperor of Liao dynasty
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Yelü Chucai
Chinese statesman