Oirat people

E372827

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 ⓘ