# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emperor-taizu-of-liao
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:05:05.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emperor-taizu-of-liao"
name: "Emperor Taizu of Liao"
slug: "emperor-taizu-of-liao"
description: "Abaoji, posthumously known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Liao, was a Khitan leader and the founding emperor of the Liao dynasty of China, ruling from 916 to 926. He had a sinicised name, Yelü Yi or Liu Yi; some sources suggest that Abaoji's family name, Yelü, was adopted during his lifetime, although there is no consensus amongst historians on this point."
tagline: "Emperor of the Khitans and founder of the Liao dynasty (872-926)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "872"
deathDate: "0926-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.6
  momentum:             2.710134980553649
  historical:           21.016
  currentAttention:     10.87470449172577
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaodzi"
    title: "Abaodzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "امبراطور لياو تايزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "تای‌زو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%86%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "ئەباوۆجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liao_Taizu"
    title: "Liao Taizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaoji"
    title: "Abaoji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bao_Ji"
    title: "A Bao Ji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaoji"
    title: "Abaoji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "تای‌زو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liao_Taizu"
    title: "Liao Taizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%80%B6%E5%BE%8B%E9%98%BF%E4%BF%9D%E6%A9%9F"
    title: "耶律阿保機"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%94_%ED%83%9C%EC%A1%B0"
    title: "요 태조"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8F%D0%BD"
    title: "Амбагян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaoji"
    title: "Abaoji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Abaoji"
    title: "Yelü Abaoji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Абаоцзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Taizu_od_Liaoa"
    title: "Car Taizu od Liaoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liao_Taizu"
    title: "Liao Taizu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88"
    title: "จักรพรรดิเหลียวไท่จู่"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yel%C3%BC_Abaoji"
    title: "Yelü Abaoji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Єлюй Амбагай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaoszi"
    title: "Abaoszi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%AAu_Th%C3%A1i_T%E1%BB%95"
    title: "Liêu Thái Tổ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%80%B6%E5%BE%8B%E9%98%BF%E4%BF%9D%E6%9C%BA"
    title: "耶律阿保机"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%BC%E5%A4%AA%E7%A5%96"
    title: "遼太祖"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%A2-lu%CC%8Dt_A-p%C3%B3-ki"
    title: "Iâ-lu̍t A-pó-ki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4989"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump