All Khaganates

Mongolian Khaganate

Khalkh Mongolia and Later Mongol States

1549-1924

Post-Northern Yuan Mongol political entities

23

Rulers Documented


3 Sections

1549-1924


13 Rulers

Four Khalkh Aimags (1580s-1691)

Independent Mongol khanates before Qing submission

Abtai Khan (Tüsheet Khan I)

1549-1586

Founder of the Tüsheet Khan aimag, descendant of Dayan Khan's son Gersenji.

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Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji

1586-1624

Expanded Tüsheet Khan territory and strengthened Buddhist influence in Mongolia.

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Gombodorji (Tüsheet Khan)

1624-1655

Consolidated power and maintained independence during Manchu expansion.

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Chakhundorji (Tüsheet Khan)

1655-1699

Submitted to Qing authority in 1691 at Dolonnuur Assembly for protection against Dzungars.

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Sholoi Ubashi Khuntaiji (Setsen Khan I)

1580s-1610s

Established the Setsen Khan aimag as one of the major Khalkh khanates.

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Norbu Bishrelt (Setsen Khan)

1610s-1630s

Received the title 'Gegeen Setsen Khan' from the 5th Dalai Lama in the early 1630s.

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Ömkhei (Setsen Khan IV)

1670s-1688

Fled to Qing China in 1688, attended Dolonnuur Assembly in 1691 submitting to Manchu rule.

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Subadai (Zasagt Khan I)

1596-1650

Son of Laihur, founded the Zasagt Khan line and established control over western Khalkh territory.

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Norob Bishrelt Khan

1650-1661

Son of Subadai, maintained the khanate during period of increasing external pressures.

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Tsengüün (Zasagt Khan)

1662-1686

Brother of Vanchig, ruled during the period leading up to Dzungar invasions.

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Tsevenjab (Zasagt Khan)

1691-1732

Submitted to Qing in 1691, ruled as Prince of First Rank, then as khan until deposed in 1732.

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Tümenkhen (Sain Noyon I)

1580s-1630s

Grandson of Gersenji Khongtaiji, received the title 'Sain Noyon' from the 4th Dalai Lama.

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Danzan (Sain Noyon Khan)

1720s-1750s

First ruler after the establishment of Sain Noyon Khan Aimag in 1725.

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Mongol Princes under Qing Rule (1691-1911)

Mongol nobility under Chinese suzerainty

Norjin (Setsen Khan)

1691-1720s

Ruled under Qing suzerainty, maintained traditional Mongol customs while accepting Chinese oversight.

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Baldar (Zasagt Khan)

1741-1770

Son of Geveenpil, restored Zasagt Khan line and ruled under Qing administrative system.

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Tsevenbalzai (Zasagt Khan)

1770-1791

Son of Baldar, one of the last traditional Zasagt Khans before administrative reforms.

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Gombojav (Sain Noyon Khan)

1750s-1780s

Maintained the aimag during the Qing administrative reforms and strengthened Buddhist institutions.

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Demchigdorj (Sain Noyon Khan)

1780s-1820s

Ruled during the late Qing period, maintained traditional Mongol customs under Chinese oversight.

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Sonomdorj (Sain Noyon Khan)

1820s-1860s

Managed the aimag through the period of increasing Chinese administrative control.

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Tögs-Ochir Namnansüren

1878-1919

Last Sain Noyon Khan, became Mongolia's first prime minister under the Bogd Khan (1912-1915).

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Manlaibaatar Damdinsüren

1880s-1911

Last Tüsheet Khan, participated in Mongolia's declaration of independence from Qing in 1911.

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Namnansüren (Setsen Khan)

1900s-1921

Last traditional Setsen Khan, ruled during Mongolian independence period and early socialist era.

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Modern Mongolian Leadership (1911-1924)

Leaders during Mongolia's independence and revolutionary period

Bogd Khan (8th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu)

1911-1924

Theocratic ruler of independent Mongolia, spiritual and temporal leader until socialist revolution.

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