Nomadic people originally from Mongolia and Manchuria.
1But defeats at the hands of the Khitans and Tibetans imbittered his life and diminished his authority.
2She vanquished the Tibetans and a new Tartar race known as the Khitans, who appeared on the northern borders of Shensi.
3That general, together with his colleague Tu Chung-wei was surrounded by a vastly superior army of Khitans in the year 945 A.D.
4The peace was soon broken by either the Kins or the Khitans, and Hoeitsong consented to address Akouta as the Great Emperor of the Kins.