State · 937 – 1253
Dali Kingdom
A state of 937 – 1253 — 316 years in East and Southeast Asia. Its line of rulers holds 7 people. Its own article says it was conquered by Mongols.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 316 years
- 937 – 1253
- Rulers
- 7
- the king
- Most ground
- 361,300 km²
- in 947
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by Mongols, 1253. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
In 1253, it was conquered by the Mongols.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of king.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duan Siping | 937 – 944 | 7 years | ending not on record | |
| Duan Zhengming | 1081 – 1094 | 13 years | ending not on record | |
| Gao Shengtai | 1094 – 1096 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Duan Zhengchun | 1096 – 1108 | 12 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Duan Yu | 1108 – 1147 | 39 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | child |
| Duan Zhixing | 1172 – 1200 | 28 years | ending not on record | grandchild |
| Duan Xingzhi | 1251 – 1253 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
7 rulers, 7 with terms dated as terms, covering 937 – 1253. Median reign 12 years. 0 of 6 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
361,300 km² in 962, 360,500 km² in 1253; at its largest 361,300 km² in 962. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood316 years
stood longer than 75% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held361,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 69% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median12 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 41% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record7
has more rulers on record than 73% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 905 – 1285, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 947, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q26472 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.