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The qualifier 'Mongol Tribes' was established as an umbrella term in the early 13th century, when Temüjin (later Genghis Khan) united the different tribes into the Mongol Nation, the precursor of the Mongol Empire. Besides the original Mongols, many of those clans and tribes were of Turkic, and some of Tungusic or other origin. The unification created a new common social identity as Mongols.
== From the Secret History of the Mongols ==
Tribes and clans mentioned in the Secret Histoy of the Mongols: ^[1]

Contents

Tribes and clans related to Temüjin's clan

Kereit

Tatar

Merkit

Forest peoples

Other peoples mentioned

Other smaller groups mentioned

References

Tribes and clans related to Temüjin's clan

★ 'Khoritumat' (twentythousand), the people that Alan Khoa hails from

★ 'Khorilar', Alan Khoa's clan

★ 'Dorben' (four), descendants of Duva sokhor (the blind)

★ 'Uriankhat', tribe of a man whom Dobun mergen (the wise) meets in the forest and who gives him a deer

★ 'Ma'alikh baya'ut', clan of Dobun's servant

★ 'Jarchi'ut Adangkhan', Uriankha clan that Alan Khoa's five sons (Belgunotai, Bugunotai, Bukhu khatagi, Bukhatu salji, and Bodonchar, the stupid) subdue

★ 'Belgunot', descendants of Belgunotai

★ 'Bugunot', descendants of Bugunotai

★ 'Khatagin', descendants of Bukhu khatagi

★ 'Salji'ut', descendants of Bukhatu salji

★ 'Borjigin', descendants of Bodonchar

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★ 'Jadaran', descendants of Bodonchar's robbed wife's first son, Jamukha's clan

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★ 'Ba'arin', descandants of Bodonchar and his robbed wife

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★ 'Menen Ba'arin', descendants of Bodonchar's son with his robbed wife

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★ 'Jaoret', descendants of Bodonchars concubine

★ Descendants of Bodonchar and his chosen wife:

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★ 'Noyakin'

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★ 'Barulas' (several clans)

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★ 'Buda'at'

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★ 'Adargin'

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★ 'Uru'ut'

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★ 'Mangkhut'

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★ 'Taichi'ut'

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★ 'Suldus'

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★ ''Naked' Ba'arin'

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★ 'Besut'

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★ 'Oronar'

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★ 'Khongkhotan'

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★ 'Arula'

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★ 'Sünit'

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★ 'Khabturkhas'

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★ 'Geniges'

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★ 'Yürki', descendants of Khabul Khan's oldest son

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★ 'Kiyat', Yesügei's subclan

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★ 'Jurkin'

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★ 'Khadagin'

★ 'Mangkhol', the Mongols

Kereit

The Kereit were partly influenced by Nestorianism. Prominent figures were Toghrul and Sorghaghtani Beki.

★ 'Tumen Tubegun'

★ 'Dungkhait'

★ 'Ubchikh'

★ 'Jirgin'

★ 'Ongchijid'

Tatar

★ 'Airi'ut', mentioned in connection with Ambakhai's death

★ 'Buiri'ut', mentioned in connection with Ambakhai's death

★ 'Juyin' other Tatars, or maybe a military organization, mentioned in connection with Ambakhai's death

★ 'Chakhan Tatar', mentioned in connection with the final destruction of the Tatar

★ 'Alchi Tatar', mentioned in connection with the final destruction of the Tatar

★ 'Duta'ut Tatar', mentioned in connection with the final destruction of the Tatar

★ 'Alukhai Tatar', mentioned in connection with the final destruction of the Tatar

Merkit

The Merkit were a Mongol tribe who opposed the rise of Temüjin, and kidnapped his new wife Börte. They were defeated and absorbed into the Mongol nation early in the 13th century. Other than with most other tribes, that was the end of their line of ancestry

★ 'Uduyit'

★ 'Uvas'

★ 'Kha'at'

Forest peoples

★ 'Khoritumat'

★ 'Oirat'

★ 'Buriyat'

★ 'Barkhun'

★ 'Ursut'

★ 'Khabkhanas'

★ 'Khangkhas'

★ 'Tubas'

★ 'Kirgis'

★ 'Kesdiyin'

★ 'Bayit'

★ 'Tukhas'

★ 'Tenlek'

★ 'To'eles'

★ 'Tas'

★ 'Bajigit'

★ 'Tumat', identical to Khoritumat

★ 'Barkhujin'

Other peoples mentioned

★ 'Naiman'

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★ 'Guchugut'

★ 'Onggut'

Other smaller groups mentioned

Groups whose affiliation is not really made clear: these groups may or may not be related to any of the tribes and clans mentioned above:

★ 'Torgut', the tribe the Olkhuno'ut belong to

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★ 'Olkhuno'ut', the clan of Temüjin's mother

★ 'Unggirat', the tribe Börte, Temüjin's first wife, hails from

★ some clans whose members join Temüjin after the first victory over the Merkit and the separation from Jamukha:

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★ 'Jalair'

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★ 'Tarkhut'

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★ 'Bishi'ut'

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★ 'Baya'ut'

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★ 'Khorolas'

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★ 'Ikires'

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★ 'Sakhait'

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★ 'Arulat'

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★ 'Oronar'

★ some clans that take part in Sangums conspiracy:

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★ 'Khardakit'

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★ 'Ebugedjin'

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★ 'Kharta'at'

★ 'Khorulas', clan that joins Chinggis at the Baljun lake

★ 'Khatagin', followers of Jamukha

★ 'Adarkin', tribe that the Chinos, To'oles and Telenggut belong to,

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★ 'Chinos', (Tribe of Wolf)Chonos tribe a tribe whose seventy princes are boilt to death by Jamukha, very small tribe, probably descendants of A-Shino. This tribe was first to join Temuchin.

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★ 'To'oles'

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★ 'Telenggut'

★ 'Tokhura'ut'

★ 'Negus', clan whose chief is killed together with the 70 Chinos princes

★ 'Adargin'

★ 'Dolungir'

★ 'Oteget'

References

1. Erich Haenisch, ''Die geheime Geschichte der Mongolen'', Leipzig 1948