The Shatuo Turks have ruled most of…

The Shatuo Turks have ruled most of northern China since 923 through the Later Tang Dynasty, Later Jin Dynasty, and the Later Han Dynasty.

The short-lived Later Han Dynasty had fallen in 950.

Liu Min founds the Northern Han Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Eastern Han, in 951 claiming that he is the legitimate heir to the imperial throne of the Later Han Dynasty.

Liu Min immediately restores the traditional relationship the Shatuo Turks had with the Khitans, who had founded the Liao Dynasty.