Tatar (Mongolia)

Not to be confused with Tatars.

Tatar (simplified Chinese: 鞑靼code: zh is deprecated ; traditional Chinese: 韃靼code: zh is deprecated ; pinyin: Dádá; 1388 – 12 June 1635) was a word that was used by the Han Chinese. The word meant the nomadic people in Mongolia. During the Ming dynasty, the word "Tatar" described the Eastern Mongols. In the early 15th century, there were 2 major Mongolian tribes. These groups were the Eastern and Western Mongolian Tribes. The eastern Mongolian grasslands had tribes that were ruled by the Northern Yuan court. These tribes were nomadic. They lived in the northern and southern Gobi Desert. The Ming dynasty called them the "Tatars." The Oirats lived in the western Mongolian grasslands. The Western Mongolian grasslands were northwest of the Mongolian Plateau. The descendents of the Kublai Khan ruled the "Tatars". Their descendents were called the Black Tatars. The Tatars called themselves The Forty [tümen] Mongols (Mongolian: Дөчин Монголcode: mn is deprecated ; Mongolian script: ᠳᠥᠴᠢᠨ
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ; Döchin Mongol).

Forty tümen Mongols
1388–1635
Tribes of the Mongolian Plateau during the Ming dynasty in the 15th century      Tatar     Oirats
Capital	Karakorum (16th century) Chaganhaote (1617–1634)
Common languages	Mongolian (Classical Mongolian)
Religion	Shamanism, Tibetan Buddhism
Government	Monarchy
Khagan
• 1388–1391	Jorightu Khan Yesüder (first)
• 1634–1635	Ejei Khan (last)
Historical era	Late Middle Ages
•	1388
•	12 June 1635
Preceded by Succeeded by Northern Yuan Later Jīn Outer Khalkha