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Torghut
Sign in to saveThe Torghut (Mongolian: Торгууд, , Torguud, "Guardsman", ) are one of the four major subgroups of the Four Oirats. The Torghut nobles traced their descent to the Turco-Mongol Keraite ruler Toghrul, and many Torghuts descended from the Keraites. They are scattered in the provinces of Xinjiang (China), Kalmykia (Russia) and Khovd (Mongolia).
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Torghut
- Ethnic group.image
- Map of the Oirat Confederation.png
- Ethnic group.caption
- Location of Torghut in the Oirat Confederation
- Ethnic group.pop
- 202,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 106,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 82,500
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 14,176
- Ethnic group.languages
- Torgut dialect of Oirat
- Ethnic group.religions
- Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism
- Ethnic group.related
- Mongols, especially Oirats
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 15596
- Image
- Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769, Tayiji (prince) of the Torghuts and his wife (土爾扈特台吉(婦).jpg
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- Torghut
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- Торгууд
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The Torghut (Mongolian: Торгууд, , Torguud, "Guardsman", ) are one of the four major subgroups of the Four Oirats. The Torghut nobles traced their descent to the Turco-Mongol Keraite ruler Toghrul, and many Torghuts descended from the Keraites. They are scattered in the provinces of Xinjiang (China), Kalmykia (Russia) and Khovd (Mongolia).
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