The Mongol States, Empires
Hunnu Empire /Hun/

In the third century of BC, the Hunnu Empire had formed up. The founder was the Modun Hyan and he became the ruler in 210 BC. During its 200 year-long existence, Hunnu had established the classical form of nomadic lifestyle. Particularly, they first made use of the structure of tens, dividing the territory into three parts /western, central, eastern/, the rulers and the statehood emblems /coat of arm, state seal etc/ and the later states inherited its cultural and social achievements.

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Sumbe State /Syanbi/

One of the successors of the Hunnu Empire was the powerful state of Sumbe. Since 150, the time when Tanshihuai, the son of Tuluho had unified the small provinces of Syanbi and made it into a bigger state, announcing himself as the ruler, the state had dominated the central Asia for 100 years.

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Jujan State /Nirun/

The descendents of Hunnu and Syanbi were the Jujans, who first come as a state in 330. However, Sheluni Khan / Jarun/ was the one who played an important role in empowering the state in 420. Jarun Khan modified his military system and brought out the nomadic traditions into the statehood traditions.

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Kidan State

Kidans were people living on the right side of Luuha /Lyaohe/ river and were considered as part of Syanbi Mongols. In 388, Kidans were defeated by Muyun and To Bei armies and migrated to the east and split into two parts, Kidan and Kumosi. By the end of the 8th century, tribes Elui and Ilu were the most powerful of all Kidans and, got the authority of the state.

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Hamag Mongol State

In the 10th century when Kidan state was at its greatest, it recorded that there were “Myanguli State” in the territory of Mongolia as well as, Hereid, Naiman, Mergid and Tataars were also mentioned in the historic records of Kidans. Historians may wonder which of whose are not Mongol. In fact, the origin of the word “Mongol” is never revealed. However, the “Myangulis” mentioned above were a big number of nomads inhabiting in between Onon river, Kherlen river and Tuul river. This community was founded by Bodonchar. Later on, the tribe Borjigon was formed out here. The timeline of Bodonchar’s life is never accurately recorded or revealed.

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The Mongol Empire /The Great Mongolia/

The Mongol Empire was formed in 1206 under Temujin’s /Chinggis Khan/ command and based on his Hamag Mongol uls. The Empire which was the result of Chinggis Khan and his companions’ fifteen years of intense fights and works was the dream come true for generations of Mongols. The new empire inherited the cultures and statehood traditions from their ancestors Hunnu, Syanbi, Nirun etc states. 

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Khanate of the Golden Horde

Golden Horde, the Khanate that was ruled by the elder sons of Chinggis Khan, is widely perceived as the territory of Zuchi which in fact, was established by the great Bat Khan, the elder son of Zuchi Khan. /year 1236/

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Yuan Dynasty

Following the death of Munkh Khan, his two sons Khubilai and Arigbokh started to fight with each other, declaring themselves Khans simultaneously. The fight ended with a victory on Khubilai’s side and he was called the Khan of the Mongolian Empire in 1260. Hence, Khubilai faced a great menace from the rest of the Chinggis Khan’s descendents, he left Kharkhorin and went to the other side of the Great Wall to build a new city and a new country called “The Yuan Dynasty”, opening a brand new page in the Mongolian history. 

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The Il Khanate

The first Persian centered independent Mongolian Khanate was established by Chinggis Khan’s grandson and Tului’s third son Khulegu /Khuleg/. By the time Khulegu Khan died, the territory of Ilkhanate was covering Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan /except the province of Balhas/, Arran, Shirvan/ Uzbekistan/, Kurds, Upper Mesopotamia, Sultanate of Rum or the western Asia. This territory had changed slightly time to time. Rum, Georgia, Trapezundian Greece, Armenia, Cyprus and later Byzantinia all served as agents to Ilkhanate. The capital was Tabriz and later Sultanate of Iraq.  

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Tsagaadai Khanate /Chagatai Khanate/

During the time when Arigbokh and Khubilai were fighting for the authority, Ogodei’s grandson Haidu had a stable mind and defended Arigbokh. When Khubilai won ever, Haidu declared his territory as a Khanate and made himself the ruler. Thagaadai’s grandson Algoi kicked out the descendents of Zuchi from Maveranna with the help from Haidu. That was the beginning of Tsagaadai Khanate. In 1269, Haidu unified the small tribes and ruled the Tsagaadai Khanate. 

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Mongol Uls /State/

The history of new Mongol started when Togoontomor Khan left Daidu, the capital city which his ancestors established, and came back to the land of Mongolia. In 1270, the elder son of Togoontomor Khan, Ayushridar /Biligt/ announced Kharkhorin as the capital city of his new state and named it “Ar Yuan” /north Yuan/. The naming was due to the fact that Ayushridar had an important role in an attempt to restore the Yuan Dynasty, which fell to the Ming Dynasty. Even though, this attempt was not successful, a new generation of Mongolian Dynasty started ruling at the center of Asia again. 

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Zuungar Khanate /Dzungaria/

In 1630, four big tribes of Oirat /Tsoros, Torguud, Hoshuud, Hoid/ united and founded the union of Oirats. The Oirats were under the control of the Khan of the whole nation, but it was more likely a symbolic status. At that time, they were under Manju threats and preferred the union of Halh and Oirats rather than forming a separate state. In 1671, Hotogchin Erdene Bat Khan’s sixth son Galdan became the ruler of union of Oirats. Galdan ended the internal crisis and renewed the state structure with two consecutive laws. This reform eliminated some of the state ranks/positions, such as ikh baga huntaij, taish, and ruler of aimag and introduced a new rank/position of tribal ruler zairan. This made the union into a Khanate.

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