Khongirad

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The Khongirad

During the Yuan dynasty they were given the title Lu Wang ("Prince of Lu"; Chinese: 鲁王), and a few Khongirads migrated west into the territory of modern Uzbekistan and Turkistan Region where they became governors of Khwarazm and were known as the Sufi dynasty. After a brief period as independent rulers, they were subjected by Timur.

Origin

The Khongirads are often identified as the descendants of the ancient Wuku/Wugu tribe in

Many names of the 12th century's Hongirads and their subtribes have Mongol origin:^[4][5]

• Dei Setsen — tsetsen (wise)
• Jurluq Mergen — zörlög (path) mergen (wise). (See Merkit)
• Quba Shira — goo (beautiful) shar (yellow). In the 1680s
  Khalkha Mongolia was Shar (Shira). (See Alan Gua
  ).

• Hongirad — khun (swan), khungiin (swan's), ard (person); swan person. Swan is one of Mongol totems. (See Oirats).
• Qongliyuts — Khonkhluud; khonkh (bell), "iud" or "uud" is plural suffix.
• Gorlos — Modern
  Southern Mongol
  subgroup
• Ikires — Ikhires: ikh (great), ikhes (chief, noble)
• Karanut — Kharnuud: khar (black), "iud" or "uud" is plural suffix
• Olkhunut — Olkhunuud, "uud" is plural suffix. They have three subgroups:
  • Alag aduutan: alag (piebald), aduutan (horse herder); piebald horse herder.
  • Shar khonit: shar (yellow), khoni (sheep); yellow sheep breeder.
  • Ulaan zalaat: ulaan (red), zalaa (tassel); person who wears hat with red tassel.^{[citation needed]} Today, Mongols call themselves "red-tasseled Mongols" because Mongols wear hat with red tassel and they adore fire.^{[citation needed]} Fire is a general symbol of eternal growth, wealth, and success and a figure of fire is used in Mongolian flag, coat of arms and Soyombo symbol. The three tongues of the flame represent the past, present, and future.^{[citation needed]}

Shamanic practices continue in present-day

In addition to having a shared ancestry with the Mongols in general, the Hongirads also shared ancestors with the Mongol royal line, whose originator, Alan Qo'a, was a woman of the Kharlas clan, an offshoot of the Khongirads founded by the legendary Miser Ulug. Down to the 12th century, Mongol rulers such as

They ruled the Khiva khanate from 1763 to 1920.

Notes

References

External links

• Onggirats at Chinaknowledge
• Hongirad tribe of Kazakh people - from Wikipedia Hongirad introduction in Kazakh language