Oirat people

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The Oirat people are a group of western Mongolic tribes historically known for their powerful nomadic confederations in Central Asia and for founding the Dzungar Khanate.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oirat people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongolic people
ethnic group
culturalArea Eurasian Steppe
diasporaGroup Kalmyks
linked to: Kalmyk

Torguts of the Volga
linked to: Torguts
ethnicGroupOf Central Asia
China
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Russia
historicalEnemy Khalkha Mongols
Qing dynasty
historicalEvent Oirat migration to the Volga region
Oirat–Khalkha conflicts
founding of the Dzungar Khanate
historicalRegion Altai region
linked to: Altai Republic

Dzungaria
linked to: Dzungarian Basin

Upper Yenisey region
Western Mongolia
linked to: western Mongolia
includesTribe Bayad
Dörbet
Khoid
Khoshut
Ööld
linked to: Öölds

Torghut
linked to: Torghut Oirats
language Oirat language
languageFamily Mongolic languages
notableState Dzungar Khanate
Kalmyk Khanate
Khoshut Khanate
partOf Western Mongols
linked to: Torghut Oirats
religion Islam
Tibetan Buddhism
shamanism
subgroupOf Mongols
linked to: Mongol
traditionalEconomy pastoral nomadism
traditionalLivestock camels
cattle
goats
horses
sheep
traditionalReligion Oirat shamanism
tribalConfederation Dörben Oirat
linked to: Dörbet Oirats
usesCalendar lunisolar calendar
writingSystem Clear Script
Cyrillic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

Mongolian script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalmyk people subgroupOf Oirat people
subject linked to: Kalmyk
Oirat language spokenBy Oirat people