Social history of Mongolia

thumb|Mongol Empire c. 1207, Khongirad and their neighbours The Khongirad (; ; ; ) was one of the major divisions of the Mongol tribes. Their homeland was located in the vicinity of Lake Hulun in Inner Mongolia and Khalkha River in Mongolia, where they maintained close ties with the ruling dynasties of northern China. Because the various Hongirad clans never united under a single leader, the tribe never rose to great military glory. Their greatest fame comes from being the primary consort clan of the ruling house of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire. Genghis Khan's mother (Hoelun), great grandmothe

thumb|upright=1.5|Homeland of the Jalair tribe of the Mongol Empire in 1207. Jalair also Djalair, Yyalair, Jalayir is a tribe of Mongol or Turkic origin. They are first recorded as the Chaladi in Chinese sources of 910 in eastern Inner Mongolia. They are later recorded as having lived along the Kerulen River and Orkhon River in modern day Central and Eastern Mongolia, between the Merkits and Keraits. After the Mongol conquest in the 13th century many Jalairs spread over Central Asia and the Middle East. Jalairs become part of various Mongolic and Turkic peoples. Jalairs are one of the founding

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