Tatar Nine Tatars |
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Татарын ханлиг | |||||
nomadic confederation | |||||
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Tatar and their neighbours in the 13th century.
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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".