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Yelü Liuge
Yelü Liuge was a Khitan commander in Manchuria who rebelled against the Jurchen Jin dynasty in 1212, as Mongol attacks weakened it. Allying with Genghis Khan, he founded the Eastern Liao kingdom and ruled it as a Mongol vassal. His family continued to hold the region under Mongol overlordship until it was absorbed in 1269.
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