One of the Ten Kingdoms, founded by Liu Min as a rump continuation of the Later Han dynasty around Taiyuan (Shanxi); a Liao/Khitan client state and the last independent southern-facing holdout.
Conquered by the Song dynasty in 979, the last of the Ten Kingdoms to fall, completing Song reunification of China proper.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Northern Han — the shape you scrub through changes in 951 · 961.
No dedicated English monograph on Northern Han exists on Open Library; broad-survey fallback covering this exact era.