Oirats

Oirat Mongolian Khanate based in Dzungaria from 1634–1758, referred as the Last great Nomadic empire

Oirats (; ) or Oirds ( ; ), formerly known as Eluts and Eleuths ( or ; , Èlǔtè) are the westernmost group of Mongols, whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of Siberia, Xinjiang and western Mongolia.

Prime Minister and President of Mongolia (1916-1991)

Mongolic language spoken in Russia, China and Mongolia

ethnic group

leader of the Western Mongols

Khong Tayiji or khan of the Dzungaria in the 17th century

The Torghut (Mongolian: Торгууд, , Torguud, "Guardsman", ) are one of the four major subgroups of the Four Oirats. The Torghut nobles traced their descent to the Turco-Mongol Keraite ruler Toghrul, and many Torghuts descended from the Keraites. They are scattered in the provinces of Xinjiang (China), Kalmykia (Russia) and Khovd (Mongolia).

Mamluk Sultan of Egypt 1294-1296

Confederation of Oirat tribes of Western Mongolia

Tibetan kingdom from 1642-1717

Oirat tribe speaking dorbet, under Qoros domination in Dzungar khanat

Buddhist priest and writing system inventor

The Khoshut (Mongolian: Хошууд,, qoşūd, ; literally "bannermen," from Middle Mongolian qosighu "flag, banner") are one of the four major tribes of the Oirat people. They established the Khoshut Khanate in the area of Qinghai in 1642–1717.

13th century Mongol noble

Choros-Oirat prince

The Khoton or Qotung people () are a Mongolian-speaking ethnic group in (Outer) Mongolia and Inner Mongolia. Most Mongolian Khotons live in Uvs Province in western Mongolia. In China, the Khotons (often called Qotungs) live in Inner Mongolia, concentrated in Alxa League and are classified as ethnic Mongols. They speak the Dörbet or Alasha dialect of the Oirat language. According to the Great Russian Encyclopedia, modern Khoton people are a part of the "Mongols — a group of peoples who speak Mongolian languages".

mass extermination of the Mongol Dzungar people

Mongolian Qoshot (Khoshut or Khoshuud) prince and Tibet King (1582-1655)

The Bayad (Mongol: Баяд/Bayad, lit. "the Riches") is the third largest subgroup of Mongol people in modern Mongolia and they are a tribe in Four Oirats. Baya'ud were a prominent clan within the Mongol Empire. Baya'ud can be found in both Mongolic and Turkic peoples. Within Mongols, the clan is spread through Khalkha, Inner Mongolians, Buryats and Oirats.

Mongolian noble

Orghana (Orakina or Ergene Khatun) was an Oirat princess of the Mongol Empire and Empress of the Chagatai Khanate. She was a daughter of Torolchi, chief of the Oirats and Checheyikhen, daughter of Genghis Khan. She served as regent in the name of her infant son from 1252 to 1261.

Dawachi (; ; died 1759) was the last ruler of the Dzungar Khanate from 1753 until his defeat at the hands of Qing and Mongol forces at Ili in 1755.

Russian kickboxer and politician

The Zakhchin () is a subgroup of the Oirats residing in Khovd Province, Mongolia. Zakhchin means 'Frontiersmen'. They are so called because they originated from the border garrison (mainly from Torghut, Dorbet Oirat, and Dzungar) of the Dzungar Khanate. They originally spoke the Zakhchin dialect of the Oirat language, but actually pure Oirat language is used by elder generations, younger generations use a dialect being under a strong Khalkha influence.

Mongolian Khoshuud/qoshut leader and king of Tibet

historical ethnic group

ethnic subgroup of the mongolian Oirats

13th century Mongol Naib of Ilkhanate and Ilkhanate emir of Khorasan

khong Tayiji of the Dzungar Khanate 1750–1753

The Khoid, also Khoyd or Khoit (; "Northern ones/people") people are an Oirat subgroup of the Choros clan. Once one of largest tribes of the Oirats.

Oirat ethnic group live in Kyrgyzstan

Mongolian Khan of Qoshot Khanat and Ruler of Tibet

Khara Khula (; died 1634) was a Choros prince and taishi of the Choros tribe. He is best known for forming and leading a coalition of the Four Oirats in battle against Ubashi Khong Tayiji, the Khalkha prince who ruled the Altan Khanate in present-day northwest Mongolia.

The Myangad people live in Myangad sum of Khovd Province, Mongolia.

13th century Oirat ruler

ethnic group

ethnic group native to western Mongolia

Mongol Qoshot Khan, and king of Tibet

Mongol Qoshot Khan and King of Tibet

The Baatuds , (baatud, baɣatud) are a sub-ethnic group of the Oirats, who are Mongols. They were a large tribe of the Oirats but the Baatuds were divided into other Oirat tribes in the 16th century. Many Baatud people were killed by the Qing dynasty army during the fall of the Dzunghar Khanate (1755-1758). Today very few Baatuds live among the Oirats.