(n)a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda, Syn.MAK
[契丹, Qì dān, ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄢ]Qidan; Khitan; ethnic people in ancient China who were a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liaohe River#19899[Add to Longdo]
[耶律大石, Yē lǜ Dà shí, ㄧㄝ ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ]Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia[Add to Longdo]