<Articles>The Genealogy of Generals of the Mongolian Army in North China during the Yuan Dynasty

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  • <論説>元代華北のモンゴル軍団長の家系
  • 元代華北のモンゴル軍団長の家系
  • ゲンダイ カホク ノ モンゴル グンダンチョウ ノ カケイ

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Because of its historical importance, large numbers of studies have been made on the process of the war between the Mongol Empire-Yuan dynasty and the Southern Song. But only a few studies have been made on the army which carried out the war. The author, concerned with the analysis of the Mongolian army which fought at the front in North China, traced the family-lines of the generals of the army from historical sources, and inquired into the personal histories of these families. The seven families which can be found are the Sube'etei family of the Uriangqan tribe, the Bujeg family of the Jalair tribe, the Maca family of the Naiman tribe, the Caɣan family of the Tangɣud tribe, the Boroɣon family of the Mangɣud tribe, the Taɣacar family of the Hu'usin tribe and the Coruqan family of the Jalair tribe. Generals from these families had become the chiefs of the "Supreme Marshal Office of the Mongol Army", the "Chief Military Command of the Mongol Armies in Shandong and Hebei", and the "Supreme Myriarchy Office of the Mongol Armies in Henan and Huaibei". These families were of Turkish or Mongolian descent, but they did not belong to the families of the chief of the main tribe. Many of them had an ancestor who had a personal relationship to Cinggis qan. During the Ogodei era, they were first stationed in North China, in order to fight against the Jin and the Southern Song. They held the rank of general of the army in their family for generations, assumed high official posts of Branch Secretariat and Branch Censorate, and took part in the rule of South China. Judging from the location of their bases, their domain, government posts and actions the author concludes that they comprised the stratum under the royal family and the families of the chief of the main tribe.

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  • 史林

    史林 75 (3), 322-357, 1992-05-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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