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Borjigin
The Borjigin or Borjigids are a Mongol clan founded in the early 10th century by Bodonchar Munkhag. The senior line of Borjigids provided ruling princes for Mongolia and Inner Mongolia until the 20th century. The clan formed the ruling class among the Mongols and other peoples of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Today, the Borjigids are found in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang, and genetic research shows that descent from Genghis Khan and Timur is common throughout Central and East Asia.[according to whom?]
According to The Secret History of the Mongols, the first Mongol was born from the union of a blue-grey wolf and a fallow doe. Their 11th-generation descendant Alan Gua was impregnated by a ray of light and begat 5 sons, the youngest being Bodonchar Munkhag, progenitor of the Borjigids. According to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, many of the older Mongolian tribes were founded by members of the Borjigin clan, including Barlas, Urud, Manghud, Taichiut, Chonos, and Kiyat. Bodonchar's descendant Khabul Khan founded the Khamag Mongol confederation around 1131. His great-grandson Temujin ruled the Khamag Mongol and unified the other Mongol tribes under him, being declared Khagan in 1206 thus establishing the Mongol Empire.
The etymology of the word Borjigin is uncertain.
Members of the Borjigin clan ruled over the Mongol Empire, dominating large lands stretching from Java to Iran and from Indo-China to Novgorod. Many of the ruling dynasties that took power following the disintegration of the Mongol Empire were of Chinggisid, and thus Borjigid, ancestry. These included the Chupanids, the Jalayirids, the Barlas, the Manghud, the Onggirat, and the Oirats.
In 1368, the Borjigid Yuan dynasty of China was overthrown by the Ming dynasty. Members of this family continued to rule over northern China and the Mongolian Plateau into the 17th century, becoming known as the Northern Yuan dynasty. Descendants of Genghis Khan's brothers, Hasar and Belgutei, surrendered to the Ming in the 1380s. By 1470, the Borjigids power was severely weakened, and the Mongolian Plateau was almost in chaos.
After the breakup of the Golden Horde, the Khiyat tribe of Borjigids continued to rule in Crimea and Kazan until they were annexed by the Russian Empire in the late 18th century. In Mongolia, the Kublaids continued to reign as Khagan of the Mongols, with brief interruptions by the descendants of Ögedei and Ariq Böke.
Under Dayan Khan (1480–1517) a broad Borjigid revival reestablished Borjigid supremacy among the Mongols in Mongolia proper. His descendants proliferated and became a new ruling class. The Borjigin clan was the strongest of the 49 Mongol banners from which the Bontoi clan proper supported and fought for their Khan and for their honor. The eastern Khorchins were under the Hasarids, and the Ongnigud, Abagha Mongols were under the Belguteids and Temüge Odchigenids. A fragment of the Hasarids deported to Western Mongolia became the Khoshuts.
The Qing dynasty respected the Borjigin family and the early emperors married Hasarid Borjigids of the Khorchin. Even among the pro-Qing Mongols, traces of the alternative tradition survived. Aci Lomi, a banner general, wrote his History of the Borjigid Clan in 1732–35. The 18th century and 19th century Qing nobility was adorned by the descendants of the early Mongol adherents including the Borjigin.
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Borjigin
The Borjigin or Borjigids are a Mongol clan founded in the early 10th century by Bodonchar Munkhag. The senior line of Borjigids provided ruling princes for Mongolia and Inner Mongolia until the 20th century. The clan formed the ruling class among the Mongols and other peoples of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Today, the Borjigids are found in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang, and genetic research shows that descent from Genghis Khan and Timur is common throughout Central and East Asia.[according to whom?]
According to The Secret History of the Mongols, the first Mongol was born from the union of a blue-grey wolf and a fallow doe. Their 11th-generation descendant Alan Gua was impregnated by a ray of light and begat 5 sons, the youngest being Bodonchar Munkhag, progenitor of the Borjigids. According to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, many of the older Mongolian tribes were founded by members of the Borjigin clan, including Barlas, Urud, Manghud, Taichiut, Chonos, and Kiyat. Bodonchar's descendant Khabul Khan founded the Khamag Mongol confederation around 1131. His great-grandson Temujin ruled the Khamag Mongol and unified the other Mongol tribes under him, being declared Khagan in 1206 thus establishing the Mongol Empire.
The etymology of the word Borjigin is uncertain.
Members of the Borjigin clan ruled over the Mongol Empire, dominating large lands stretching from Java to Iran and from Indo-China to Novgorod. Many of the ruling dynasties that took power following the disintegration of the Mongol Empire were of Chinggisid, and thus Borjigid, ancestry. These included the Chupanids, the Jalayirids, the Barlas, the Manghud, the Onggirat, and the Oirats.
In 1368, the Borjigid Yuan dynasty of China was overthrown by the Ming dynasty. Members of this family continued to rule over northern China and the Mongolian Plateau into the 17th century, becoming known as the Northern Yuan dynasty. Descendants of Genghis Khan's brothers, Hasar and Belgutei, surrendered to the Ming in the 1380s. By 1470, the Borjigids power was severely weakened, and the Mongolian Plateau was almost in chaos.
After the breakup of the Golden Horde, the Khiyat tribe of Borjigids continued to rule in Crimea and Kazan until they were annexed by the Russian Empire in the late 18th century. In Mongolia, the Kublaids continued to reign as Khagan of the Mongols, with brief interruptions by the descendants of Ögedei and Ariq Böke.
Under Dayan Khan (1480–1517) a broad Borjigid revival reestablished Borjigid supremacy among the Mongols in Mongolia proper. His descendants proliferated and became a new ruling class. The Borjigin clan was the strongest of the 49 Mongol banners from which the Bontoi clan proper supported and fought for their Khan and for their honor. The eastern Khorchins were under the Hasarids, and the Ongnigud, Abagha Mongols were under the Belguteids and Temüge Odchigenids. A fragment of the Hasarids deported to Western Mongolia became the Khoshuts.
The Qing dynasty respected the Borjigin family and the early emperors married Hasarid Borjigids of the Khorchin. Even among the pro-Qing Mongols, traces of the alternative tradition survived. Aci Lomi, a banner general, wrote his History of the Borjigid Clan in 1732–35. The 18th century and 19th century Qing nobility was adorned by the descendants of the early Mongol adherents including the Borjigin.