Sui and Tang · Tribal Leader

Yelü Yali 耶律雅裏

Yēlǜ Yǎlǐ

Attested AD 750 - AD 900

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yelü Yali was a Tribal Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 750 to AD 900 至唐，大賀氏中衰…有耶律雅裏者
Directly stated · History of Liao 34, passages 9-11

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Khitan 契丹
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 34, passages 11, 34

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Affiliated with
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 34, passages 4, 11
Organization Yelü clan 耶律氏 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 34, passage 11

Events and relationships

Reorganized tribes
Administrative · Organizer · Outcome Split five divisions into eight; three Yelü into seven; two Shenmi into five; twenty divisions with two overseeing offices
Directly stated · History of Liao 34, passage 11

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 34, passage 11
carved wooden tallies for contracts and widely enforced government orders
Directly stated · History of Liao 34, passage 12

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 34Volume 34 Treatises 4: Military 1 · 1 passage

有耶律雅裏者，分五部為八，立二府以總之，析三耶律氏為七，二審密氏為五，凡二十部。 Yelü Yali split the five divisions into eight, set up two offices to oversee them, broke three Yelü lineages into seven and two Shenmi lineages into five—twenty divisions in all.