the Yuan dynasty, Oirat and Eastern Mongols had developed separate identities to the point where Oirats called themselves "Four Oirats" while they used...

and the Oirats. Mutual raiding by the Oirats of Russian settlements and by the Cossacks and the Bashkirs, Muslim vassals of the Russians, of Oirat encampments...

Oirat or Elut (Chinese: 厄魯特, Èlǔtè) may refer to: Oirats, the westernmost group of the Mongols Oirat language This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

believed that the term Four Oirats refers to the Choros, Torghut, Dorbet and Khoid tribes, there is a theory that the Oirats were not consanguineous units...

syllabification. In Mongolia, Central Mongolian minority varieties have no status, so Oirats are supposed to use Mongolian Cyrillic which de facto only represents Khalkha...

the leader of Dörbets was Dalai Taishi (d.1637). In order to unite the Oirats, Dalai Taishi used the method of marriage of convenience; Dalai Taishi and...

the late 14th century, the Oirats emerged as the dominant power opposing the Khalkha Mongols. The ruling clan of the Four Oirat was Choros at the time. Under...

Western Oirats are mainly concentrated in Western Mongolia: 184,000 Kalmyks (2010) — Kalmykia, Russia 205,000 Mongolian Oirats (2010) 140,000 Oirats (2010)...

name "Oirats" by French missionaries. This was sometimes vaguely extended to cover wide areas of Central Asia, including Afghanistan. The Oirats were originally...

This is a list of notable Oirats: Khutuga bekhi, leader of the Oirats (late 12th century – early 13th century) Al-Adil Kitbugha 10th Mamluk Sultan of...