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Dörben Oirat
Mongol confederation
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Kalmyk
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…a confederation known as the Dörben Oirat (“Four Allies,” from which the name Oirat is derived); at times they were allies, at times enemies, of the eastern Mongols. Part of the western Mongols remained in their homeland, northern Xinjiang, or Dzungaria, and western Mongolia. Part of the Oirat confederation, including…
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Oirat
- In Oirat
…a confederation known as the Dörben Oirat (Four Allies, from which the name Oirat is derived); at times they were allies, at times enemies, of the eastern Mongols in the Genghis Khan line. Part of the western Mongols remained in their homeland, northern Xinjiang, or Dzungaria, and western Mongolia. Another…
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