Oirats (/ˈɔɪræt/; Mongolian: Ойрад [ˈɞe̯ɾə̆t]) or Oirds (Mongolian: Ойрд [ˈɞe̯ɾə̆t]; Kalmyk: Өөрд [ˈøːɾə̆t]), formerly known as Eluts and Eleuths (/ɪˈluːt/...

Oirat or Elut (Chinese: 厄魯特, Èlǔtè) may refer to: Oirats, the westernmost group of the Mongols Oirat language This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

the archaic Oirat script, means exactly that: the "pastures".[full citation needed] The ancestors of Kalmyks were nomadic groups of Oirat-speaking Mongolians...

alternatively known as the Alliance of the Four Oirat Tribes or the Oirat Confederation, was the confederation of the Oirat tribes which marked the rise of the western...

Kalmyk Oirat (Kalmyk: Хальмг Өөрдин келн, Haľmg Öördin keln, IPA: [xalʲˈmək øːrˈdin keˈlən]), commonly known as the Kalmyk language (Kalmyk: Хальмг келн...

Oirat (Clear script: ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ ᡍᡄᠯᡄᠨ, Oirad kelen; Kalmyk: Өөрд, Öörd [øːˈrət]; Khalkha Mongolian: Ойрад, Oirad [ˈœe̯rət]) is a Mongolic language spoken...

The Clear Script (Oirat: ᡐᡆᡑᡆ ᡋᡅᡒᡅᡎ / Тодо бичиг, romanized: todo bičiq / todo bičig, [todo bit͡ʃ(ə)k]; Mongolian: Тод бичиг / ᠲᠣᠳᠣ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ, romanized: tod...

[ˈtsʰɔrɞ̆s]) was the ruling clan of the Ööld and Dörbet Oirat and once ruled the whole Four Oirat. They founded the Dzungar Khanate in the 17th century...

in modern Mongolia and was formerly one of the major tribes of the Four Oirat confederation in the 15th-18th centuries. In early times, the Dörbets and...

The Kalmyk Khanate (Kalmyk: Хальмг хана улс, Xal'mg xana uls) was an Oirat khanate on the Eurasian steppe. It extended over modern Kalmykia and surrounding...

the Mongolian words züün gar, meaning 'left hand') are the many Mongol Oirat tribes who formed and maintained the Dzungar Khanate in the 17th and 18th...

The Oirat-Kalmyk People's Congress (‹See Tfd›Russian: Конгресс ойрат-калмыцкого народа), also known as the Chuulhn (Oirat: Чуулһн, romanized: Çuulhn,...

This is a list of notable Oirats: Khutuga bekhi, leader of the Oirats (late 12th century – early 13th century) Al-Adil Kitbugha 10th Mamluk Sultan of...

(Mongolian: Эсэн; Mongol script: ᠡᠰᠡᠨ; Chinese: 也先) (1407–1454), was a powerful Oirat taishi and the de facto ruler of the Northern Yuan dynasty between 12 September...

Mongols are the principal member of the large family of Mongolic peoples. The Oirats and the Buryats are classified either as distinct ethno-linguistic groups...

This is a timeline of the Oirats, also known as the Kalmyks or Dzungars. The Kalmyk Khanate (1630–1771), Dzungar Khanate (1634–1758), and Khoshut Khanate...

Mongolian proper (5.2 million speakers) Peripheral Mongolian (as Ordos) Kalmyk–Oirat (360,000 speakers) Southern Mongolic (part of a Gansu–Qinghai Sprachbund)...

by Chingisids, the Oirats were ruled by the Choros clan. The Dzungar Oirats under Erdeni Batur and Zaya Pandita held a pan-Oirat-Mongol conference in...

died, her brother Ögedei Khan seized the Oirat lands and allegedly had 4,000 young Oirat girls raped. The Oirat now came under Ögedei's direct control....

as the Zunghar Khanate or Junggar Khanate, was an Inner Asian khanate of Oirat Mongol origin. At its greatest extent, it covered an area from southern...

Torgut (Oirat: Торһд, romanized: Torhd, [torˈɣət]), also spelled Torghud, is a dialect of the Oirat language spoken in Xinjiang, in western Mongolia and...

Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California Languages American English, Kalmyk Oirat, Russian, Kyrgyz Religion Buddhism, Tengrism, Russian Orthodox Christianity...

Ming Dynasty called them “Tatar” (Chinese: 鞑靼; pinyin: Dádá) and “Wala” (Oirats, Chinese: 瓦剌; pinyin: Wǎlà) after the Mongols were divided into eastern...

(1599–1662) was a Buddhist missionary priest and scholar of Oirat origin who is the most prominent Oirat Buddhist scholar. Among his accomplishments is the invention...

The Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast (‹See Tfd›Russian: Горно-Алтайская автономная область, romanized: Gorno-Altayskaya avtonomnaya oblast') was an autonomous...

Oirat fiefdom centered around Kovd, he and fellow Oirats from Altai wanted to emulate the original Oirat empire and build another grand united Oirat nation...

Zand Qajar Pahlavi Japanese Korean Maratha Mexican First Second Mongol Oirat Khoshut Dzungar Kalmyk Bogd Moroccan Saadi 'Alawi Ottoman Russian Tsarist...

their anti-Kublai struggle. By the 15th century the Oirats occupied the Altai Mountains region. The Oirats were ruled by a Taishi who was a vassal of the Khan...

struggles among various factions, notably the Genghisids and the non-Genghisid Oirats, as well as by several Ming invasions (such as the five expeditions led...

Zand Qajar Pahlavi Japanese Korean Maratha Mexican First Second Mongol Oirat Khoshut Dzungar Kalmyk Bogd Moroccan Saadi 'Alawi Ottoman Russian Tsarist...