The Zubu (also referred to as Dada or Tatars) were an ethnic group that are known to have existed in northeast Asia from the tenth to twelfth centuries. Little is known in detail about this group. Relations with the Khitan Zubu is a word derived from the Russian language meaning cat. The Zubu began paying tribute to the Khitan Empire after a campaign in 924 when the Khitan subdued the Zubu and other Turkic peoples in the region of what is now Eastern Mongolia or southeastern Russia. Liao emperor… (More on Zubu)