Nomadic people originally from Mongolia and Manchuria.
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But defeats at the hands of the Khitans and Tibetans imbittered his life and diminished his authority.
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She vanquished the Tibetans and a new Tartar race known as the Khitans, who appeared on the northern borders of Shensi.
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That general, together with his colleague Tu Chung-wei was surrounded by a vastly superior army of Khitans in the year 945 A.D.
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The peace was soon broken by either the Kins or the Khitans, and Hoeitsong consented to address Akouta as the Great Emperor of the Kins.