Oirats

The four Oirats did not establish a single military or a unified monastic system.

Samur's husband was given command over the Oirats and made their taishi, or leader.

Until recently, the Oirats (including the Kalmyks) have not recognized themselves as Mongols.

The border west of the Argun was not defined (at the time, this area was controlled by the Oirats).

Subject to the khan Oirats would form themselves as a loyal and formidable faction of the Mongol war machine.

Especially the Western Mongols (Oirats) is famous for its Biyelgee dance.

The victory over Ochirtu in 1677 resulted in the establishment of hegemony over the Oirats.

The majority of the Oirats, who were left behind, supported Ariq Böke against Kublai.

Oirats were fully submitted to Mongol rule after their ally Jamukha, Temujin's rival/friend was destroyed.

During his reign he made several successful military campaigns to the west against rebellious Oirats, Kazakhs,and Kyrgizs bringing them back under his rule.

But this lake was located in Dzungar terrority and would be the source of clashes between the Cossacks and the Oirats over the next 20 years.

Dayan Khan took advantage of Oirat disunity and weakness and brought Oirats back under Mongolian rule.

There were notable Oirats in the Mongol Empire such as Arghun Agha and his son Nowruz.

It derived its name from the Dzungars, who were so called because they formed the left wing (züün, left; gar, hand) of the Mongolian army, self-named Oirats.

As late as 1761, the Khoshut and Dzungars (refugees from the Manchu Empire) referred to themselves and the Torghuts exclusively as Oirats.

Three years later in 1731, he was reinstated as an extra sub-chancellor of the Grand Secretariat, serving in the army of the Northwest in a campaign against the Oirats.

The most important achievement of the couple was their defeat of the war-like Oirats who had previously revolted against the rule of the Borjigin Emperors since the 14th century.

While being Khong Tayiji of the Oirats, during one of his raids against Kirgizs, Sengge was captured by his enemies and said to have spent two to three years as a war prisoner.

Since he had forbidden the Moghuls to attack Muslims, he made war against what he called infidel Oirats; and though he was frequently defeated by them, he persisted in hostilities against them.

Russians were able to seize Kazakh territory because the khanates were preoccupied by Kalmyks (Oirats, Dzungars), who in the late 16th century had begun to move into Kazakh territory from the east.

There are two types of written Mongolian used in China: the traditional Mongolian script, which is official among Mongols nationwide, and the Clear script, used predominantly among Oirats in Xinjiang.

In 1295, more than 10,000 Oirats under Targhai Khurgen (son-in-law of the Borjigin family) fled Syria, then under the Mamluks because they were despised by both Muslim Mongols and local Turks.

He is best known for forming and leading a coalition of the Four Oirats in battle against Ubasi Khun Tayishi, the Khalkha prince who ruled the Altan Khanate in present-day northwest Mongolia.

Toghtoa Bukha Khan was an ambitious khan wanting to obtain real power and recover the former glory of the Yuan Dynasty, which inevitably lead to conflicts with powerful Oirats nobles who held the real power.

During 15-17th century, they established under the name "10 tumen Mongols" included 4 tumen oirats and 6 tumen Mongols They re-established their traditional pastoral nomadic lifestyle during the end of the Yuan Dynasty.