Oirat Confederation
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The Four Oirats or Oirat Confederation, formerly known as the Eleuths, was the confederation of the Oirat tribes which marked the rise of the Western Mongols in the history of the Mongolian Plateau.
Tayiji (台吉, prince) of the Torghuts, one of the Four Oirats tribes, and his wife (土爾扈特台吉). Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769
The Choros Oirat leader Dawachi surrendering to Qing general Zhaohui at Ili in 1755. Painting by Jesuit painter at the Qing court, Ignatius Sichelbart, 1764
Pursuit by Mongol Warriors
Museum für Indische Kunst Dahlem Berlin Mai 2006 063
Oirats
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Oirats or Oirds, formerly known as Eluts and Eleuths, are the westernmost group of Mongols, whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of Siberia, Xinjiang and western Mongolia.
Oirat Confederation
…Дөрвөн Ойрад, romanized: Dörvön Oirad, pronounced ; Chinese: 四衛拉特) or Oirat Confederation, formerly known as the Eleuths, was the confederation of the Oirat tribes which marked the rise of the Western Mongols in the history of the Mongolian Plateau. Despite the universal currency of the term "Four Oirat…
Kalmyks, a subgroup of the Oirats
The Oirat ruler Arghun Aqa (damaged) in Tārīkh-i Jahān-Gushā 'The History of The World Conqueror", dated 1290. Suppl. Pers. 205 – Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
The Zunghar Khanate at 1750 (light-blue color)