List of Khitan rulers

The Khitan people were a historical para-Mongolic nomadic people from Northeast Asia who, from the 4th century, inhabited an area corresponding to parts of modern Mongolia, Northeast China and the Russian Far East. As a people they descended from the proto-Mongols through the Xianbei.

The period of the Ancient Eight Tribes

Hechen a Khitan chieftain
Mer-gan another baghatur
Duomi Khagan

The Dahe Tribal Confederation (618-730) (大賀氏)

Prefecture of Xuanzhou (玄州)

Khitans tribes who did not belong to the Dahe confederation but living at the same period

Other Khitan chieftains (酋長)

Tanmozhe

Liao dynasty (916-1125)

There were nine emperors of the Liao dynasty, which at its height ruled over an area composing modern day Mongolia and northern China for over two hundred years. The emperors of the Liao dynasty were Khitans from Yelü clan.

Remarks

The family name Li is a "rewarded" name being similar to the Emperor's name Li of the Tang dynasty.