Duan Siping
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Duan Siping was a statesman of Bai origin and eventual founder and ruler of the Kingdom of Dali
Kingdom of Dali
Dali or Great Li was a Bai kingdom centred in what is now Yunnan Province of China. Established by Duan Siping in 937, it was ruled by a succession of 22 kings until the year 1253, when it was conquered by an invasion of the Mongol Empire. The capital city was at Dali.- History :The Kingdom of...

. The Kingdom retained independence from unified China
China
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until the Mongol invasion in 1253 C.E.
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