Tatar confederation

Tatar Nine Tatars
Татарын ханлиг
nomadic confederation
8th century–1202
Tatar and their neighbours in the 13th century.
Capital		Not specified
Languages		Middle Mongolian
Religion		Shamanism
Government		Elective monarchy
		Temujin-Uge
		Megujin suult
		Jalibukha
Legislature		Kurultai
Historical era		High Middle Ages
•	Established	8th century
•	Disestablished	1202
Today part of		Mongolia  China

Tatar (Mongolian: Татар) was one of the five major Mongol tribal confederations (khanlig) in the Mongolian Plateau in the 12th century. The name "Tatar" was first recorded on the Kul Tigin monument as Otuz Tatar Bodun ('Thirty Tatar' tribe), 732. Subsequently the wider region was referred to by Europeans as "Tartary" or "Tartaria".