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Dongdan KingdomDongdan Kingdom(A.D.926~936) is the puppet kingdom established by the Khitan to rule the realm of the Bohai Kingdom in Eastern Manchuria. After conquering the Bohai Kingdom in 926, the Khitan crown prince Yel Bei ascended the throne of Dongdan at the old Bohai capital of Huhan in Eastern Manchuria, today's Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province. However, political tension soon evolved between Yel Bai and his younger brother Yel Duguang, who take the imperial throne of Khitan afer their father Yel Abaoji died en route to his homeland from the successful campaign. The new emperor ordered his elder brother to move his capital from Huhan in Eastern Manchuria to Liaoyang in Western Manchuria. Bei obeyed the imperial order but soon fled to North China to avoid possible assassination in 930. Bei's son was elevated to the new king of Dongdan, but the kingdom was annexed by the Khitan Empire in 936. To inherit Bohai's friendly relations with Japan, Dangdan sent a diplomatic mission over the Sea of Japan in 929. But the Japanese court in Kyoto rejected the mission from Dongdan.
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