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卷523 列傳三百十 藩部六 杜尔伯特 旧土尔扈特 新土尔扈 和硕特

Volume 523 Biographies 310: Frontier Dependencies 6: Dorbod, Old Torghut, New Torghut, Khoshut

Chapter 523 of 清史稿 · Draft History of Qing
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The Dorbod tribe grazes in Ulan Gumu, east of the Altai Mountains. On the east lie Saratola Sea and the Narin Sumu River, bordering Tannu Uriankhai; On the south are Haranor and Mount Qiergat, adjoining the Kobdo pastures and the Mingat; On the west is the Sogok River, bordering Altai Uriankhai; On the north is the Ashatu River, adjoining the Uliastai barrier posts. They are of Oirat Choros stock and bear the same name as, but are a different people from, one banner of the Khorchin Right Wing under the Inner Zasaks.
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The Oirats once organized four confederations, of which Dorbod was one; Khoit was subordinate to it, and later all were known collectively as Oirat. See the biography of the Qinghai Oirat tribes for further particulars. The Zungar taiji Galdan mistreated his kinsmen's clans; his nephew Tsewang Araptan left him for Borotala, and the Dorbod taijis went with him to pasture in separate camps along the Irtysh. After the Zungar clan was destroyed in rebellion, the Dorbod came within the empire; fourteen zasaks were set up, with two Khoit zasaks attached, all under the name Sain Jayikhatu Dorbod.
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The Dorbod ancestor Boronakhal was a brother of the Zungar ancestor Esmet Darhan Noyan. Boronakhal was succeeded by his son Eshgeteish, and three generations later by Dalai Teish. He had seven sons: the eldest, Minju, left no notable descendants; next Chuiyin; then Toyin, whose descendants were all assigned to Chahar; then Omubudai Khosochi, founder of the three banners of Zasak Khan Cheren, Prince Cheren Ubashi, and Beile Gangdorji; then Gunbu; then Dayan Teish; and lastly Targhu Teish, whose line was distributed among the various zasaks. Dalai Teish's younger brother Boierden had four sons. The eldest, Orlos, founded the two banners of Zasak Taiji Gongxila and Dashundok; next Batmadorji, founder of the five banners of Zasak Beile Sebten, Beizi Banzur, Fuguo Gong Gang, Batumengke, and Taiji Ebugen; then Elinchin Batur, founder of the three banners of Zasak Beizi Gendun, Mashbatu, and Taiji Bar; and lastly Bobushi, founder of the single banner of Zasak Junwang Cheren Mengke. The Khoshut taiji Ochirtu was head khan of the Oirats, with the Choros taijis under his authority.
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In Shunzhi 14, Dorbod taiji Toyin sent Hashiha and other envoys from Ochirtu's camp with tribute horses. The next year Omubudai Khosochi's son Iszhab again sent Erke with tribute horses.
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In Kangxi 14, taiji Eledun Gamu came to court with Ochirtu's mission and identified himself as of the Aldar Teish line. Aldar Teish was Chuiyin's son and was then apparently head of his division. In Kangxi 16, Galdan slew Ochirtu, announced the deed by envoy, took the title Boshoktu Khan, and forced the Oirat tribes to accept his rule. The court ordered tally passes for all tribute envoys; Galdan refused, claiming that the Dorbod, Khoshut, and Torghut, though under Zungar control, were too far away to be supplied. In Kangxi 24 the tribute quotas for the four Oirat confederations were set: Galdan's envoys crossing the passes were capped at two hundred, with the rest trading at Zhangjiakou and Guihua; the same limits applied to Choros who came on their own—Garma Dai Khosochi, Dorbod taiji Aldar Teish, and the Khoshut and Torghut leaders.
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In Kangxi 33, taiji Babai submitted. Babai was Toyin's son; Galdan seized his kinsmen on the pretext of shared grazing rights. Babai demanded them back in vain and, afraid of Galdan, did not dare press the matter. He later followed Galdan against Khalkha; at Ulan Butung he meant to desert and surrender, but the Ilaguk Khutuktu secretly blocked him. He now arrived with his nephew Qikezong. Because he was used to frontier life and ill suited to the interior, the emperor assigned him to Kharchin pastures.
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In Kangxi 36, taiji Cheren submitted once more. Cheren was Aldar Teish's grandson; his father Urgun had followed Galdan against Khalkha, was routed by imperial forces, and fled with over three hundred followers to the Tula. On hearing this, the emperor told Guard General Mara, whom he had dispatched: "Ride at once to the Tula and send men to learn their intentions. They may wish to submit but fear the Khalkha will block them; or they may be unable to come and are still there—in either case bring them in. If they prefer the Altai, allow them to go there. If they neither submit nor move on, act as circumstances require." Mara arrived but scouts could find no trace of them. When Galdan invaded Khalkha again, Urgun followed him and was killed in battle by Khotogoid taiji Gendun. Cheren fled with Galdan to Bayan Ulan; Gendun reported his whereabouts. Envoys were sent to urge Cheren to surrender, but he did not come. Galdan was soon defeated and fled; Cheren was on the point of surrendering when our troops, unaware, struck at him and he got away. His followers Choktu Batur, the zaisangs Mangnai Hashiha, Dulatu Batur, Bandan Hashiha, Jarhuqi Shibendarhan, Sumuqi Jarhuqi, Ahaya Jarhuqi, Bilike Jarhuqi, and others brought over a hundred men to submit. Babai's followers arrived at the same time and were settled outside Zhangjiakou. Babai sent zaisang Boke to ask that his people be assigned; officials were sent to survey and allot them. Babai soon came to court and offered to serve in the imperial guard; he was told: "Your people submitted first, and I shall reward that. Continue to lead your people on Kharchin pastures."
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After his defeat Cheren saw that Galdan was no support and sent envoys to report: "The Dorbod have paid tribute to China from the first; down to Aldar Teish our court visits have spanned five generations. Your Grace once sent Bazhar to tell my follower Gongge Erke to bring me back in loyalty, with promise of favor. I obeyed and came to surrender, but was attacked by the general; I fled again in fear and beg Your Grace's mercy." The emperor replied: "When Cheren came to submit, our Green Standard and Mongol troops struck him without knowing his intent. Now that he sends envoys again, let the Court of Colonial Affairs order him to surrender at once; I shall treat him generously." At the same time envoys were sent to summon Galdan, and Cheren's envoys were ordered to go with them. When they arrived Cheren had moved on; his envoys carried the summons to him. Cheren sent Gongge Erke with a surrender memorial and went in person to Commander-in-Chief Fiyanggū, saying: "After Ulan Butung my father Urgun wished sincerely to surrender but could not reach you. I was struck by your army and fled in terror with a dozen survivors to Damar, met Galdan, and went with him to Saksaktu Gurik. Within ten days I left him and fled to Eke Aral. I knew Galdan was guilty; to stay with him was only to die. Hearing that you settle all Oirat who surrender in peace, I gathered over two hundred fifty households and moved within; we crossed Khan Alin Ongi and took four months to arrive. I beg you to report this to the throne." Fiyanggū sent an urgent memorial; Cheren's families were left outside Zhangjiakou while Cheren was sent to the imperial camp. Both were appointed Grand Ministers Without Portfolio.
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The next year Babai's and Cheren's people were assigned to the Chahar Plain White Banner in two companies: Cheren's sixth-rank officer Bandan Bilike and over a hundred men, with Gongge Erke as company captain; Babai's fifth-rank officers Dai Khosochi, Namukhalinchin, and Erdeni Damba, sixth-rank officers Darjabatu Mengke and Selengtai Mergen Ishideke, and over a hundred men, under Damba's command. Babai later died without heirs. Cheren died and was succeeded by his son Tsewang Dorji. In Kangxi 54 an edict summoned taiji Danjin to surrender at the Altai. Danjin was Omubudai Khosochi's grandson and Cheren's brother; he grazed at the Altai with over a thousand households. Khotogoid taiji Bobe offered to go to the Altai to win Danjin over, or take him by force if he resisted. Cheren was told to send envoys with letters to go along. By the time they arrived Danjin had moved to Tsewang Araptan's pastures.
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In Kangxi 59 Pacification General Funing'an captured taiji Choimor at Ilebur Khoshod. Tsewang Araptan then held the four Oirat confederations by force and had the taijis graze in a ring around Urumqi and the Irtysh as a last-ditch defense. Imperial forces camped on the Barkul and Altai routes to contain them; when Zungar raids on Tangut were detected, the main army was ordered to campaign, with detachments striking Zungar territory. Choimor was a taiji of Danjin's clan; he garrisoned Urumqi and posted guards on the Ilebur Khoshod and Aktas routes. Funing'an reached the Aktas outpost; the enemy fled; he pursued to Ilebur Khoshod, defeated them, and brought Choimor back; the Urumqi bands all scattered on hearing of it.
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In the winter of Qianlong 18 the three Cheren taijis submitted. The three were Cheren, Cheren Ubashi, and Cheren Mengke, collectively the Dorbod taijis; the Bayad were their subordinate tribe. Among the Dorbod, Cheren was senior and Cheren Ubashi next. The Bayad followed Cheren Mengke and were gathered on the Irtysh. The Zungars had long had two Tsewang Dorji: the elder was a strategist, the younger famed for courage; Tsewang Araptan and his son Galdan Tsering depended on both. The elder's grandson Dawachi killed Galdan Tsering's successor and seized power. The younger's grandson Nemeku Jirgal fought him, and each pressed the Dorbod to take his side. Cheren and his kin wished to resist but could not; wished to take a side but did not know which; they assembled the clan and said: "To rely on the Zungars is no plan; we should submit to the dynasty for a lasting home. A Khalkha soldier named Elinchin Dash, taken by the Zungars, overheard the plan, escaped, and brought word of it. The Left Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Frontier, Khalkha Prince Chenggunjab, was ordered to wait for Cheren and his party and judge whether their submission was sincere. The three Cheren then left the Irtysh, marched east of Ulan Ridge through Zungar territory, and in nineteen days reached Bodongqi; envoys Bayan Kishik and Duturga raced to Bayan Zhur to announce their surrender while the people waited at Eke Aral. Chenggunjab sent guards to watch them, fearing a ruse, alerted Khalkha troops, and reported to court. The emperor said: "Cheren's surrender is not hard to understand. Dawachi and Nemeku Jirgal are at war; if Cheren aided either side the outcome would be uncertain, and even victory would leave them servants of another—submission is the wiser course. They have sent envoys to explain themselves; if they remain outside the inner posts, our troops may clash with them; let them move inside at once, receive temporary pasture and livestock, and settle details later. First select a few men from Cheren, Cheren Ubashi, and their party to behold the emperor in person; he would personally bestow generous rewards." The Vice Minister Yubao was sent with gifts to deliver the message. Yubao had barely set out when the emperor, mindful that their people were frontier folk among whom many had never had smallpox, could not bear even one attendant's death in the interior; he ordered them to wait until the next year for audience beyond the passes, not to rush to the capital, lest his care be undone. The three Cheren, fearing a Zungar attack, urgently asked to move inside the border posts and presented horses as tribute. Chenggunjab agreed and ordered them to stay temporarily at Uliastai. Dawachi sent the zaisang Samt Möt with troops to attack them, but failed to overtake them and they got away. When Yubao arrived, the three Cheren joyfully met him ten li out and received the imperial message. They submitted a disingenuous memorial: "Under Galdan Tsering we wished to submit to the dynasty, but popular opinion had not shifted and the laws were strict, so we found no opportunity. Now fleeing turmoil we have come to submit and long to see the emperor's face; in grace he deferred our audience for fear of smallpox; we ask first to send zaisang and others to the capital." Cheren sent Hotun and Bayan Kishik; Cheren Ubashi sent Khashta; Cheren Mengke sent Batu. In the first month of the next year the envoys arrived and were ordered to feast with the other tributary princes at the New Year's audience. Seeing that their people had come by a roundabout route, with camels and horses exhausted and livestock scarce, the emperor would not move them far at once; he ordered arable land found along the Tui River, at Zakh Baydakh, and at Kirkhil for their settlement, with seed grain from Guihua. He further gave Cheren and Cheren Ubashi five thousand sheep each and Cheren Mengke three thousand sheep for their upkeep. Soon their pastures were assigned at Zakh Baydakh.
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Cheren Ubashi's followers Baqi, Qilun, and others rebelled and fled. Khalkha soldiers stole a horse belonging to Cheren's follower Yilduqi; when it was demanded back they refused and shot him dead. Khalkha zasaks were ordered to post a hundred Orkhon autumn-defense troops to guard the pastures, and neighboring zasaks were told to hunt down the rebels and capture them. Later Baqi and his companions were captured and punished. In the fourth month an edict said: "The Inner Zasaks and the Khalkha all have chief and deputy league heads to oversee pastoral affairs. The newly submitted taiji Cheren and others have brought their households; organize them into banners with assistant commandants, appoint chief and deputy league heads as among the Inner Zasaks and Khalkha, and grant the league name Sain Jayikhatu." In the fifth month the emperor went to Rehe and stayed at the Mountain Villa for Avoiding Summer Heat. The three Cheren led the taijis to audience; they were feasted in the Garden of Ten Thousand Trees and invited to watch fireworks. An edict said: "The Dorbod taijis were Zungar chieftains who long admired civilized rule and led more than ten thousand to submit wholeheartedly; generous favor and noble ranks should be bestowed to show the fullest conciliatory intent. Let each restrain his followers, keep them settled and at their work, and not betray the emperor's grace." Thirteen zasaks were then established in their tribe; besides the three Cheren there were Sebeten, Mengket Mur, Dundön, Bandidor, Gang, Batu Mengke, Mashbatu, Dashtondok, Gongxila, and Bar, enfeoffed in varying ranks from prince down to first-rank taiji. Later Mengket Mur lost his zasakship when his follower Barang, son of Cheren Mengke, rebelled and fled; his brother Ebugen was appointed zasak instead; the rest kept their titles; details appear in separate biographies. In the seventh month of autumn General Tsewang asked to move the three Cheren's pastures to the east of Qing Mountain near Guihua. As troops were being readied against Dawachi, an edict said: "Barang and others have just rebelled and fled; moving the Dorbod now would only alarm the newly submitted and is not the purpose of the Zungar campaign; let them stay on their old pastures and not be relocated." When the three Cheren arrived they reported that their kinsman taiji Nemeku had left more than a thousand households in Zungar lands, as had Dundorji, Erdeni, and Batu Borot, who would move within when they could. By then they did arrive with the Khoit taiji Amursana and the Khoshut taiji Bandidor; the court granted pasture and livestock, posted tamga guards, and settled them next to the three Cheren's pastures. In the tenth month the emperor returned from Mukden and stayed at the Mountain Villa. Nemeku and his party were received in audience, feasted again, and granted ranks. Nemeku was made a prince of the second rank; Dundorji and Batu Borot were made beile; Butuksen, Erdeni, and Luolei Yunduan were made beise; Buyantu Gus and Mengke Borot were made ducal assistants of state; Ubashi and Berlek were made first-rank taiji. Ten zasaks were established in all; they were organized into banners with assistant commandants like the three Cheren, divided into Left and Right Wings, each with a chief and deputy league head. Nemeku was the son of Cheren Ubashi's brother. Dundorji, Butuksen, Erdeni, Luolei Yunduan, Ubashi, and Berlek were all descended from Cheren Ubashi's great-grandfather Chaghan. Buyantu Gus, Batu Borot, and Mengke Borot were also of the same clan. Later Nemeku was promoted to prince of the first rank; his son Lama Zhab was made beile but stripped of rank for rebellion. Butuksen, Luolei Yunduan, and Ubashi all died without heirs and their titles lapsed. When Berlek died, his son Dodiba inherited the title. When Dodiba died, his son Nirwachi inherited. When Nirwachi died without heirs, Dodiba's younger brother Buyan Delegel inherited. When Buyan Delegel died without heirs, the title lapsed. When Buyantu Gus died, his son Shedeng inherited but was stripped of rank for rebellion. Dundorji had no heirs; his collateral nephew Dawapile inherited. When Erdeni died without heirs, the title lapsed. Batu Borot and Mengke Borot were both stripped of rank for rebellion. Therefore none except Dundorji were given separate biographies.
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西 西 調西 西 使 西 殿
In the twentieth year the Uriankhai submitter Chadak won over the Baoqin and captured Dorbod dependents whom he presented; an edict ordered them restored to the tribe. Soon they joined the main army in the campaign against Dawachi. After the three Cheren had paid their respects and returned, two thousand men were selected; Cheren led one division on the Northern Route; Cheren Mengke and Sebeten went with him; Cheren Ubashi led another division on the Western Route; each was assigned an assisting grand minister. Nemeku and his party arrived later and asked to join the campaign; they were assigned to the Western Route. Because Cheren Ubashi and Nemeku were young and inexperienced, Cheren Mengke was transferred to the Western Route to accompany Cheren Ubashi, Nemeku, and the rest. But Amursana was then deputy commander on the Northern Route, and Nemeku was his wife's brother; he pressed to join the Northern Route army and was allowed. Thus those who had come with the three Cheren were placed under Deputy Commander Saral on the Western Route, and those who had come with Nemeku under Deputy Commander Amursana on the Northern Route. Cheren was given two thousand taels of silver for equipment; Cheren Ubashi and Nemeku each received twenty percent less; those who joined the army were given sheep and rations in varying amounts. Cheren and Cheren Mengke were also ordered to send zaisang with a hundred skilled farmers to the Irtysh, for the Dorbod practiced both farming and herding, unlike the Khalkha who lived by pastoralism alone. Green Standard and Khalkha troops were to farm garrisons on the Irtysh; because the Dorbod knew the water and roads and were good farmers, selected men were sent as guides; when the campaign succeeded, the herders would return to the Irtysh. When the Northern Route report arrived listing Nemeku among the assisting commanders, the Western Route was told to do the same, listing the three Cheren and Sebeten after Assisting Grand Minister Echen. Bandi, Pacification Commander in the North, was further instructed that once Ili was pacified, Cheren, Cheren Ubashi, and others should lead the newly submitted taijis to audience. When the campaign against Dawachi was first debated, the emperor noted that Oirat taijis had submitted in succession, tens of thousands in all settled on inner pastures; they could not be established without ample land. An edict declared that once the Zungar were pacified the four Oirat confederations would be restored: Cheren as Khan of the Dorbod, Bandidor as Khan of the Khoshut, Amursana as Khan of the Khoit, and a descendant of Galdan Tsering's line as Khan of the Choros. Cheren and his party heard these appointments whenever they joined the army. The main army reached Ili and Dawachi was captured. Bandi placed Cheren Ubashi, Nemeku, and the newly submitted Choros taiji Galecan Dorji, Khoshut taiji Shakdur Manji, and Khoit taiji Bayar in the first audience contingent. The emperor went to Mulan; when Cheren and his party arrived they were received at the traveling lodge and comforted with an edict. He soon returned to the Mountain Villa, received homage in the Hall of Plainness, Sincerity, and Respect, and proclaimed Cheren Khan of the Dorbod with all zasaks under him. Below the zasaks were established banner-managing clerks, assistant banner clerks, company commanders, assistant commandants, and vanguard captains. Amursana then coveted rule over all four Oirat confederations; finding it impossible, he rebelled and fled. Bandidor, for joining the rebellion, was brought to court in irons. Galecan Dorji, Shakdur Manji, and Bayar were still each granted khan rank to rule their followers. An edict said: "The Zungar have slaughtered one another; the people have suffered ruin and cannot live in peace. I have unified the realm and could not sit by; I specially sent great armies on two routes to chastise them. The taijis and zaisang feared my might and cherished my virtue, leading their followers to submit and serving in the armies to prove their loyalty. Now Ili has been pacified and Dawachi captured; therefore I spread generous grace to reward meritorious service. The Zungar once had four Oirat khans; let them remain on their tribes with leaders appointed; let each lead his followers, diligently nurture and teach them, seek growth together, and receive my boundless blessings." Thereafter the Choros Khan Galecan Dorji rebelled; his nephew Zanagarbu killed him and his tribe was destroyed. The Khoit Khan Bayar was captured and executed by the main army for rebellion. The Khoshut Khan Shakdur Manji harbored disloyal intent; Vice Commander Yarghasan annihilated his followers at Barkul. Only the Dorbod tribe steadfastly kept their loyalty and received enfeoffments generation after generation without interruption.
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In the twelfth month of that year Cheren and his party, short of pasture and livestock, asked to move to Eke Aral. An edict said: "It was agreed that after pacifying Ili they would return to their old pastures on the Irtysh; Eke Aral is closer to the Irtysh than the route from Zakh and Baydakh, lies just outside the inner posts, and their troops can be mobilized easily. When the rebel chief is captured they will still be sent back to their old pastures. Their livelihood being strained, six hundred piculs of seed were granted; they were to plant in season and not miss the farming term. As for the camels and horses given for the campaign, they should naturally be returned. But considering the long journey and inevitable exhaustion of the animals, payment may be deferred two years." When Nemeku was about to join the campaign against Dawachi, he asked to move his pastures from north of Baydakh at the Zhabkan headwaters at Borok Boqir to the border of Erhai and Kara Usu; this was granted, with an edict to strive for success and not fret over his herds. Now that Cheren and his party were about to move pastures, Nemeku was ordered to join them. But Nemeku secretly harbored rebellious intent and plotted to flee to Amursana. Dundorji, Batu Borot, Buyantu Gus, and others tried to stop him; he would not desist; he again led his followers to raid relay riders, kill the garrison officer, and seize camels, goods, and valuables from grain-transport merchants. In the spring of the twenty-first year the Uliastai Resident Minister Alantai, together with Cheren, Cheren Ubashi, and others, captured Nemeku and his family by force, brought them in irons, and sentenced them according to law. The zasaks who had not joined the rebellion were ordered to pasture in peace and not to fear. An edict further said: "The followers of Dundorji and others who rashly plundered should be referred to the ministry to discuss zasak guilt. But considering they had newly submitted and did not yet know inner prohibitions, they were for the time being pardoned with leniency." In summer, because their tribe neighbored the Zhakhachin and theft was unchecked, an edict said: "Your livelihood depends entirely on herd animals; if theft continues, herds cannot multiply—how can your livelihood be ample? Each of you must restrain your followers, keep to your bounds, and live in peace, in keeping with my intent to let all living beings rest and thrive." There was one Bosh Aghashi, great-grandson of Ishjab; his grandfather was Zale and his father Cheren Dorji. Bosh Aghashi's elder brothers were Budajab and Dawakashik; his younger brothers were Dawajit and Gezanbak. They herded together west of the Ili at Shalabole, on ground bordering Kazakh pastures. Dawachi abused his people; Bosh Aghashi meant to leave him but, fearing reprisal, held back. When the main army marched against Dawachi and reached Ili, Bandi sent envoys to win him over; he submitted a register of more than three thousand households and surrendered. He was to accompany Cheren and the others to court, but reported repeated Kazakh raids on his people and asked leave to return and oversee his pastures. On reaching his pastures he found the Kazakhs massing troops, sent word, and asked for imperial troops; the court praised his dutiful conduct.
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Meanwhile Amursana rebelled and rebel bands harassed Ili; the Khoshut Auxiliary State Duke Nagacha was sent with an imperial letter proclaiming: "The Zungar have suffered constant civil war; the people of every tribe have lost their livelihood. I am the sovereign who has unified all under Heaven, cherishing all living beings without distinction between inner and outer realms; I have sent a great army to pacify Ili. Just as I was about to bestow grace and establish rule to secure the frontier forever, the rebel secretly plotted treason, vainly seeking to swallow all the tribes and wantonly inflicting cruelty; his crimes are plain, and fearing punishment he has fled. I have ordered my generals to pursue him relentlessly until he is taken. Until the rebel is captured, the tribes cannot rest secure for a single day. You taijis have submitted in good faith; if you truly heed my will, renounce rebellion, and serve loyally—whether by joining the hunt for Amursana or by seizing him when he reaches your pastures and presenting him to me—I shall reward you with exceptional favor. Exert yourselves and prove your loyalty!" Dawachi again reported that Bosh Aghashi, Kumu Noyan, and the taiji Norbu surely had no treacherous intent; letters were sent to them but never delivered, and Bosh Aghashi had already moved his herds. At first Norbu was said to be submitting with him; when he failed to appear for a long time, some reported that he was living at Borotara. General Celeng and others were ordered to search for him, but no trace was found. Amursana had been defeated and was fleeing; the Participating Minister Yubao and others were told to watch whether the rebel headed for Bosh Aghashi's pastures and, if so, to seize and deliver him—or to let him pass deliberately and then destroy him by force. Bosh Aghashi's adopted son Bodongqi soon arrived with the zaisang Noshai and their people, reporting that the Kazakhs had invaded their pastures. The zaisang Sayin Bolik, Demuqienke, Jirhar, and others followed in turn, reporting Kazakh pursuit and plunder; they escaped only by scattering in flight. Bodongqi was ordered to take troops and welcome his father; his followers were temporarily settled on the Irtysh under Noshai's care. Sayin Bolik might go with Bodongqi or remain herding on the Irtysh, as he preferred. As Bodongqi was about to set out, Bosh Aghashi arrived on the Irtysh with more than eight hundred households and asked to submit. Ubashi, a taiji of his clan, accompanied him. An edict enfeoffed Bosh Aghashi as zasak Khoshut Prince and Ubashi as zasak banner beizi, with this message: "You have sincerely embraced my grace and led your people to submit. When the main army first reached Ili you came at once to the general and ministers; I was about to reward you with titles and gifts, but Amursana's rebellion intervened and it could not be done. You were harried by the Kazakhs and driven from pasture to pasture before you could at last submit. Your people have only just arrived; you need not furnish troops for the campaign, nor move inland—remain and pasture on the Irtysh. Your clan taiji Cheren and the others will return to their old pastures; for you to settle together as a clan is altogether fitting—there is no need to leave your homeland far behind and wear yourselves out traveling back and forth." The order had scarcely been issued when Bosh Aghashi and his people reached Hadaqingjile; they were told to remain there for the time being and return to the Irtysh pastures the following year.
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In the seventh month Cheren, Cheren Ubashi, Dundorji, and the others, having moved to the Irtysh, asked that their turns for the annual court audience be set. The court praised their sincerity and fixed three annual shifts from the following year; payment for camels and horses furnished for the campaign was deferred, as a mark of compassion. In the ninth month Bosh Aghashi came to court; his younger brother Dawajit and his elder brothers Danba, Dugar, and the Burut Kokon, who had to oversee the herds, each sent a zaisang in his stead. He was feasted and given seven hundred horses, one hundred fifty cattle, and three thousand sheep; banners and company commanders were organized for him on the same model as the three Cheren, Dundorji, and the others when they submitted. They were formed into a separate league with Bosh Aghashi as chief and Ubashi as deputy; Danba Dugar was made assistant managing taiji.
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Bosh Aghashi had only just returned to his pastures when his wife died; the bodyguard Fubao was sent to perform the funeral rites. Bosh Aghashi soon died childless; Vice Commander Tangkalu was sent with compensatory offerings, and Danba Dugar was proclaimed zasak banner beizi and Dawajit zasak duke to govern Bosh Aghashi's people, who were allowed to join Cheren's pastures or move inland. Danba Dugar and the company commander Sebeten, however, fought over livestock, and as Fubao was nearing the pastures they plundered his camels and horses. The enfeoffments were revoked; Ubashi was told not to fear and to return to Cheren's pastures once the matter was settled. Ubashi later died, and his title was not inherited.
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In the twenty-second year Cheren, because the Kazakhs had failed to seize and deliver the rebel and Oirat rebels were raiding the frontier, asked to move from the Irtysh to Ulan Gumu for safety. The Khalkha beizi Chebudenjab, as ordered, sent troops against Fubao's raiders, took Bosh Aghashi's dependents into Khalkha custody, and was to return Bodongqi to Cheren's pastures; the clan taijis Butuku, Banzuer, Bulin, and others arrived with their people, saying they had long lived apart from Cheren's band and asked for separate pastures, which was granted. Butuku and his party reached the frontier post; learning that Fubao was returning from Hadaqingjile and that the Khoshut taiji Sangji was again raiding the roads, they sent riders ahead to meet him. On hearing this, the emperor said: "Since Cheren and his people submitted they have been grateful for my grace and kept their followers in order; the region has been remarkably peaceful. Now, with rebels rising everywhere, they urgently ask to move inward to pasture; their loyalty is all the stronger. Grant their request and give them seed grain to live on. Although Bodongqi is kin to the Dorbod, if he rejoined them he would only burden Cheren's people; send him to Uliastai to Chebudenjab and settle him in Hulun Buir, Tongken Huyur, or the like. Butuku, Banzuer, and the others who escorted the bodyguard Fubao are each to be rewarded when they reach the Uliastai headquarters." Bodongqi, Butuku, and the others were later all settled in Hulun Buir. Butuku and Banzuer were each made second-rank taiji for their faithful submission. The beile Batu Borot and the Auxiliary State Duke Seleng, however, refused to move with Cheren; they rebelled in support of Amursana. Vice Commander Hurqi captured them at Huibaolang Mountain, and their wives and children were all put to death.
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便
Earlier, before the Dorbod and Uriankhai had submitted, both tribes grazed on the Irtysh. When the Dorbod taijis arrived they grazed at Zakh Baydakh, then moved first to Eke Aral and later to the Irtysh. The Uriankhai submitted and were given the Ulan Gumu region. Cheren and his people again asked to move from the Irtysh; Commandant Namuzhar was sent to survey the Dorbod and Uriankhai pasture boundaries. Cheren asked to farm Ulan Gumu while grazing at Kobdo and Eke Aral; this was granted, with strict orders that his people must not plunder one another. Mixed grazing soon proved awkward; Ulan Gumu was assigned to the Dorbod and Kobdo to the Uriankhai.
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便
In the twenty-fourth year the Uriankhai, finding Kobdo's sable insufficient, asked to move to the sunny Irtysh slopes of the Altai. Cheren Ubashi and the others were told: "The Irtysh was your old pasture; you now live at Ulan Gumu. The Uriankhai leader Tsadak has asked to graze on the Irtysh; I once said that if you wished to return to your old pastures, you might do so. The Kazakhs have now all submitted, and the Oirat rebels of Ili have been wiped out to the last man. If you truly wish to return to the Irtysh, move there at once; the Ulan Gumu you leave can be given to the Uriankhai. The Kazakhs have only lately submitted and are not like you long-established subjects; strictly restrain your people and keep the peace. If your people keep order but the Kazakhs raid you anyway, seize and punish them at once. If you are loath to leave your home, it is better to let the Uriankhai take the Irtysh than to see those lands fall to Kazakhs or Russians." Cheren Ubashi and the others replied: "The land Tsadak seeks was the Uriankhai's old pasture and lies far from ours. Ulan Gumu is rich pasture where we have long grazed; we ask to remain and that the Irtysh be given to the Uriankhai instead." The request was granted. In the tenth month of that year the court announced to Cheren Ubashi and the others that the Muslim regions had been pacified. In the twelfth month they detected a Kazakh raid on the Uriankhai, routed it with some three hundred men, and were rewarded by imperial decree. In the fourth month of the twenty-fifth year a tribesman named Ontuhur, unable to support himself, heard that his brother grazed in Chakhar; the zasaks were told to let him join him. An edict said: "Since the Dorbod submitted, banners and company commanders were organized so that each of you might live securely on his own livelihood. If they are not well cared for and gradually scatter, the sight is pitiable indeed. Each of you must care for them diligently, keep them within their bounds and earning a living, and not let them wander destitute, in keeping with my care for them as my own people." In the seventh month Cheren Ubashi and the others attended the autumn hunt and reported that their people, settled by imperial grace, were growing prosperous and wished hereafter to supply their own camels and horses. The emperor praised their sincerity and would not burden them abruptly; camels and horses were still to be supplied by the state.
21
In the twenty-seventh year a deputy general was appointed for each wing—the right with the plain yellow banner standard, the left with the plain white—and each was given an imperial seal and military tally. The tribe had sixteen banners and corresponding titles: one zasak Tegus Külük Dalai Khan; one zasak Khoshut Prince; one zasak Doruo Prince of the Commandery; two zasak Doruo beile; two zasak banner beizi; one zasak defender duke of the state, inherited by descent from beizi rank; two zasak auxiliary dukes of the state; four zasak first-rank taiji; two Khoit zasak first-rank taiji. In the forty-fifth year General Batu of Uliastai was ordered to investigate Khalkha encroachments on Dorbod, Zhakhachin, and other tribal boundaries.
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貿 貿 調 調調 退 西
In the second year of Daoguang the Zhong'an Temple at Kobdo was repaired. In the third month the Kobdo Participating Minister Nayenbao submitted regulations governing trade between Mongols and Han merchants. The Dorbod, Zhakhachin, Mingat, and Elute were all authorized to issue trade passes to merchants. In the sixth year, when war broke out in the Muslim regions, the Dorbod khan, princes, dukes, and zasaks presented camels and horses for the campaign. In the twelfth month the Dorbod Khan Qiwang Balechuke and others again furnished camels for the army, and the emperor rewarded them. In the ninth year the Dorbod beizi Chimted Dorji complained that the Kobdo Participating Minister Elejin was extorting horses and harassing the tribes. The charge was proved and Elejin was dismissed. In the eighteenth year the tribe joined Uliastai Participating Minister Cheren Dorji in driving Kazakhs out of Uriankhai territory. In the twelfth month of the eighteenth year Cheren Dorji of Uliastai reported that the Kobdo minister's jurisdiction over the eight Uriankhai tribes was too vast and litigation too frequent; an assistant minister was approved. In the nineteenth year officers and soldiers of the tribe were granted pay, bonuses, and travel silver. In the second month of the third year of Xianfeng the khan, princes, and dukes offered military supplies; a gracious edict declined the gift. In the third year of Tongzhi, when Muslim rebels rose in Ürümqi and other cities, troops of the tribe were called up to assist. They soon proved ineffective and were withdrawn. In the eighth year, with the Dorbod khan's line extinct, General Linxing reported: "The left-wing khan's banner once had ten companies and more than fifteen hundred households; the right-wing prince's banner had eleven companies and about twelve hundred households; the right-wing beile's banner had only two companies and barely one hundred sixty households. By rank the beile is the lesser title; By registered households they came to barely one-thirtieth of the khan's total. They proposed ordering Prince Gunbuzhab to relinquish the khanate and vesting the princedom in Beile Bazarjana; if no heir could be found for the vacant beile rank, that title would be suspended until the khan's succession was settled." The memorial was forwarded to the responsible agencies. In the ninth year the court named Galejanamjil, younger brother of the late Khan Mishidorji, to succeed as khan; Gunbuzhab and the others continued as prince and beile. Muslim rebels drove east and took Uliastai. In the eleventh month Kobdo Participating Minister Kuichang reported: "Rebels struck the Uliastai region; courier stations collapsed; Kobdo's merchants were panic-stricken. Nearby Dorbod, Zhakhachin, Mingat, and Elute league chiefs and superintendents were ordered to march their men to the city for deployment." They soon reported four hundred Dorbod left-wing troops, two hundred each from the right wing, Mingat, and Elute, and fifty each from the Zhakhachin prince's banner and the superintendents' commands—all mustered at Kobdo—and one hundred thousand taels of pay silver were assigned from Kobdo funds. In the eleventh month of the eleventh year Gunbuzhab, league chief of the Dorbod Right Wing, and others who had handled their commissions flawlessly received rewards. That month Kobdo Participating Minister Changshun reported: "On the 17th, 18th, and following days of the tenth month rebels rushed the city. Major Yinghua led his men onto the walls to repel them; the enemy finally broke and fled. Garrison commander He Xialing and others fell in battle. On the 19th they assaulted the south gate again but were driven back. On the 20th they fled southeast toward the Zhakhachin pastures." Muslim rebels then raided back and forth through Zhakhachin and Torghut country, and the tribe tightened its defenses accordingly. Only when the western front was cleared did the emergency end and the garrison stand down.
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In Guangxu 7, when the Russian treaty was being renegotiated, Kobdo's garrison was reinforced; once the matter was settled, the extra troops were withdrawn. In the 26th year the Boxer uprising began and the northern frontier was put on alert. Kobdo Participating Minister Ruixun proposed raising Mongol militia, requiring each Dorbod banner to furnish two hundred men—half horse, half foot—to guard their own pastures. In the tenth month, once the crisis passed, the militia was dissolved. In the fourth month of the 28th year Ruixun reported that the Dorbod principal and deputy league chiefs had safeguarded goods left behind by Russian merchants without loss and asked that they be rewarded; the request was approved. In the seventh month the court relieved famine in the Dorbod Right Wing's Duke Doronur banner, issued one hundred piculs of wheat and barley seed, and opened canals to irrigate older fields at Boshitu, Namila, and Chaghan Hek. In the intercalary fifth month of the 29th year Galejanamjil, Tegus Kuruk Dalai Khan and principal league chief of the Dorbod Left Wing, was granted a purple bridle; Deputy League Chief Beile Nason Bayan, Left Wing zasak Prince Tukemole, and Right Wing Principal League Chief and Deputy General Zasak Prince Sotnamjamsan received triple-peacock plumes; Left Wing Zasak Beile Nason Bayan and others received double-peacock plumes; others were rewarded in graded amounts. That year, for the Burintokhai colony canal project, the Dorbod left and right wings lent camels and were paid compensatory silver. Later Participating Minister Lianqui and others proposed opening farms at Ulan Gumu and other sites. In the fourth month of Xuantong 2 Sotnamjamsan was chosen as an imperial delegate to the Political Consultative Council. In the third year Urga declared independence; none of the four Khalkha leagues offered meaningful resistance. Only this tribe's Khan Galejanamjil refused to join and continued to accept the direction of Participating Minister Pu as before.
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The territory mixes farming and herding and has both minerals and salt. The tribe maintained thirty-five company commands in all.
25
西西
Tribes near the Dorbod under the same Kobdo minister included the Zhakhachin: Zasaktu Khan territory to the east, Zhenxi in Xinjiang to the south, Altai Uriankhai to the west, and Kobdo's garrison farms to the north.
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西
Initially Mamet, an Oirat known as Kukshin, served as Zhakhachin zaisang to the Zungars. Zhakhachin means "post sentinel"; a zaisang commanded the unit. Mamet held the Altai frontier post and grazed at Bulaghan Chaghan Tuikhui. Khalkha lay to the east, bordered by the Uriankhai; to the west lay Zungar country, bounded by the Baojin mixed Zungars and the Galazat and Tabun Jisai otoks. The Baojin were Hui Muslims; the Zungars called cannon bao, and the name came from Hui gunners in their service. Galazat and Tabun Jisai were both Zungar otoks. An otok corresponded to a banner company command.
27
西
In the third month, after Amursana stirred the Uriankhai to block the Kazakh route, an edict ordered Northern Route General Hadaha to suppress the Uriankhai rebels. In the ninth month the court granted pasture at Zorge Xilahunusu. An edict declared: "Because the Zhakhachin now graze beside the Khalkha, post sentries near the barrier stations and pay them money and grain on the Khalkha model for their upkeep." In the twenty-fourth year they joined Participating Minister Qinunhun in pursuing the Mahajin rebels as far as Arqitu. Their troops first met the rebels at Khara Khushan and fought fiercely, nearly capturing them several times, and were rewarded with silks. In the twenty-fifth year Zhamuchan's son Mentush attended the imperial hunt and asked Khalkha Prince Chengunjab to plead that camels and horses not be issued from government stores. The emperor ruled that, since the Zhakhachin had only just secured their herds, official supplies should continue. In the twenty-sixth year the Court of Colonial Affairs ruled that after Mamet submitted, Zhakhachin followers came in one after another; nine company commands were set up for more than two thousand people. Although a superintendent was named, he had no seal; the court granted Zhamuchan the Zhakhachin superintendent's seal to govern his people. In the fortieth year Zhamuchan died. Because the Zhakhachin had not originally been Mamet's retainers, their company commands were withdrawn and a single banner was placed under the Kobdo Participating Minister. Zhamuchan's kinsmen and his thirty-odd retainer households grazed instead near Kobdo at Uyukqi and Bodokqi. By the fifth month of the forty-fifth year an edict warned General Batu and others not to let the Zasaktu Khan division seize vacant Zhakhachin lands such as Uyingji.
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使 調
In the 26th year the Boxer uprising put frontier garrisons on alert; Participating Minister Ruixun directed this tribe's Xinyong Gong Ceringdorji, Superintendent Sanbao, Elute Superintendent Lama Jab, and Mingat Superintendent Dashijekbo to raise local defense, safeguard Russian merchants' property, and ease border tensions. In the intercalary fifth month of the 29th year they repeatedly petitioned for rewards. On memorializing, Ceringdorji was granted beizi rank and Sanbao and the others second-rank official caps. In the fifth month of the 31st year Ruixun reported: "Of the five courier stations the Zhakhachin maintain for Kobdo, these are worst cut off by snow on the mountain passes. They also lie on the mandatory route to Altai, where couriers pass constantly—a true crossroads. The Zhakhachin have only two banners, the poorest of all; the prince's banner has very few households. Assistant Minister Yingxiu returned to Kobdo from the Haba River while I went to Xinjiang to oversee pacification. Xinyong Gong Ceringdorji mustered transport animals and hurried to serve; he recommended his son, taiji Gunbawachir, for a second-rank official cap." The request was approved. In Xuantong 3 Participating Minister Pu sought relief for the Zhakhachin famine: 356 persons in the prince's banner and 1,011 in the superintendent's banner; 5,000 taels were to be distributed according to need. The memorial was forwarded to the responsible agencies.
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西 西 西
The Elute and Mingat were likewise under Kobdo, as was this tribe. The Elute had originally followed taiji Damubai. Damubai was convicted and stripped of rank; his people were assigned to Kobdo and grazed west of the New Khoshut. The Mingat were originally Uriankhai and had belonged to the Middle Left Wing's Left-Left Banner of the Zasaktu Khan division; in Qianlong 30 they were withdrawn. A single banner was placed under Kobdo and grazed west of Altai Uriankhai. In Qianlong 57 one superintendent was appointed for each of the Elute and Mingat, with assistant commanders and subordinates in graded ranks. In Tongzhi 10, for defending Kobdo and supporting the great western campaign, the Elute and Mingat superintendents, the Zhakhachin Xinyong Gong, and the superintendent were all rewarded. Neither banner had a zasak; commentators held that these Mongol tribes resembled Chinese prefectures and counties.
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使 使 使
The Old Torghut traced their line to the Yuan minister Weng Han; their clan name is not recorded. Seven generations later came Boige Orlok, who had four sons. The eldest, Julesagan Orlok, had one son, Kho Orlok, who lived at Eshil Nura in Yar. At first the Oirat chiefs met at Ili; each ruled his own followers independently. The Zungar chief Batur Khuntaiji grazed the Altai, trusted in his power, and sought to subjugate the Oirat tribes. Kho Orlok loathed this, led his clan into Russia, and grazed the Ilek; Russia then claimed them as subjects. In Shunzhi 12–14, Kho Orlok's sons Shukur Daike, Ileden Noyan, and Lobzang Noyan sent envoys in turn with memorials and tribute. Shukur Daike's son was Pungsuk, and Pungsuk's son Ayuki; for generations they headed the Torghut, and only Ayuki took the title of khan. Throughout the Kangxi reign they sent memorial tribute without interruption. In the 51st year they again sent envoys through Russia with tribute goods. The emperor praised their loyalty and, wishing to learn their territory, sent Grand Secretariat Reader Tulichen with an imperial letter; they returned three years later with a memorial of thanks. Thereafter, at Russia's request to the central court, tribesmen were sent to Tibet for the tea pilgrimage. In Qianlong 21 the tribe's envoys Chuijab and others came to court on orders from their khan Dunrubashi; they had traveled three years through Russia and asked to visit the Dalai Lama in Tibet; officials were sent to escort them. In the 22nd year they returned from Tibet and silks were bestowed on Dunrubashi.
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退
In the 23rd year, after Ili was pacified, Torghut taiji Sele and others who had grazed near Ili fled to the Ilek. Soon afterward Dunrubashi died and his son Ubashi succeeded as khan. In the 35th year Sele persuaded Ubashi to lead the Torghut, Khoshut, Khoit, Dorbod, and their followers south in the tenth month across Russia's Khangait Lun barrier; Russian troops pursued but could not catch them. After Ubashi crossed the frontier he advanced from Lake Balkhash to Keqikeyuzi and faced the forces of Kazakh taiji Elerinarali. The Ili General forbade the Kazakhs to let the Torghut pass and graze through their lands; Ubashi turned toward Sarboko, and Kyrgyz bands fell upon them in plunder. Ubashi fled into the Gobi north of Sarboko where there was no water or pasture; people drank the blood of horses and cattle; plague swept the column; three hundred thousand died; only three or four animals in ten survived. In the 36th year they reached Tamuha near the interior barrier posts; only then did the Kyrgyz withdraw their raiding parties. General Yilein sent guardsman Puji to ask their purpose. Ubashi deliberated with his taijis and lamas for days before declaring submission and presenting the jade seal with a Yongle 8 Han-script investiture received by his ancestor, along with jades, Xuande porcelain, and other treasures. Earlier, on hearing of Ubashi's approach, the emperor had ordered Ushi Participating Minister Shuhede to Ili to handle the reception. He then accepted their surrender. More than seventy thousand survived and were relieved with rice, wheat, cattle, sheep, tea, cloth, cotton garments, and the like, at a cost of two hundred thousand taels from the treasury. In the ninth month of the 36th year Ubashi and his party had audience at Rehe. Ubashi was enfeoffed as Jorightu Khan of the Old Torghut; his nephew Emegein Ubashi Gushen Bayartu was made beizi; Baijihu was made fuguo gong; his cousin Berhasha was made first-rank taiji; all received zasak rank and each was organized into a banner. In the 47th year all were granted perpetual hereditary rank without degradation.
32
西
At first the tribe was divided into four routes. The Southern Route had four banners: the Zasak Jorightu Khan banner, the Middle banner, the Right banner, and the Left banner. In the 37th year they were granted pasture at Zha'er. In the 38th year they were moved to Zhaledus under the Karashar Resident Minister; with the three northern banners, two eastern banners, and one western banner, all came under the Ili General.
33
退
In Jiaqing 4, after the Gaozong Emperor's death, the mother of Old Torghut Khan Huoshoji asked to pay stipends for sutra chanting; the request was denied. In Daoguang 6 the Muslim rebel Jahangir raided Kashgar and other cities; Old Torghut and Khoshut troops of this route were called to help suppress the revolt around Aksu. In the tenth month they repelled rebels on the Hunbash River; Beizi Bardarash, taiji Utunason, and their soldiers received graded rewards of silk, plumes, and silver. After that, whenever trouble broke out in the Muslim borderlands, their troops were called up. In the eleventh month of the 10th year Beizi Bardanlash died in camp while leading troops to relieve Karashahr and Yingjisha; his son Mengkunason was ordered to succeed him and promoted to beile. In the sixth month of the 18th year the Southern Route league chief Fujin Lashibele was rewarded for directing repairs to the Karashahr city walls. In the sixth month of the 21st year they again offered the Ilirik water source; the court declined it. In the 27th year the Burut raided Kashgar and other cities; Old Torghut Mongol troops of this route were also called up to defend and suppress the disturbance, and were withdrawn once order was restored.
34
退
In Tongzhi 3 Muslim rebels rose in revolt and Kucha fell. Troops of this route were sent to suppress them, met with no success, and fell back to their pastures. That year Karashahr and the other cities fell as well. The tribes of this route fought Muslim rebels again and again and were overrun and driven apart. In the twelfth month of the 6th year League Chief Buyankulejeyitu asked to go to Beijing; the request was granted, and the Uliastai General Lin Xing and others were ordered to arrange resettlement for the tribe's pastoral communities. In the third month of the 7th year Buyankulejeyitu asked to lead his people against the Muslim rebels. The emperor praised the offer and ordered him to Burultokhai to coordinate with Li Yunlin, while the Board of Revenue was directed to supply back stipends in silver and silk and Li Yunlin was to provide relief for the pastoral communities under his authority. In the sixth month, after Old Torghut Mongol troops were defeated in action, they were moved to Greater and Lesser Zhaledus. Buyankulejeyitu was urged on to Burultokhai, and Ming Yao and others were ordered to supply and look after them. In the eleventh month Lin Xing reported Buyankulejeyitu's desperate situation, and the case was sent to the relevant offices for deliberation. In the third month of the 8th year Old Torghut Khan Buyankulejeyitu, Beile Guruzhab, Fuguo Gong Mangiduorji, and others received twenty thousand taels of banner silver. In the sixth month the Uliastai General Fu Ji was ordered to resettle Old Torghut Khan Buyankulejeyitu and his escort of officers and troops.
35
西
In Guangxu 1 Buyankulejeyitu died, and Princess Consort Enkebatu was appointed acting league chief. In the eighth month of the 2nd year Board of Revenue funds were allotted to Enkebatu to pacify her people and select land for their resettlement. In the 3rd year Liu Jintang's forces recovered Karashahr. In the twelfth month of the 4th year Ili General Jin Shun reported that since the Muslim revolt the people of the Torghut Southern Route had fled and scattered through Ili, Kongjisi, Xihu, and elsewhere. The acting league chief had sent officers to gather them—about ten thousand in all—and they had now been moved back to their pastures at Zhaledus. The court ordered forty thousand taels in relief silver for the tribe's suffering people, to be paid out by Zuo Zongtang. In the 8th year more than three hundred and thirty additional refugees returned from Ili. Their former residences had not been rebuilt after the war, and the main and branch canals had long since silted shut. Imperial Commissioner Liu Jintang memorialized: "Enkebatu seeks relief funds and also requests a loan of silver. I propose allocating ten thousand taels provisionally for canal repairs and rebuilding the mansions. Karashahr rehabilitation officials should distribute relief as regulations provide, and as circumstances allow supply cattle and seed and grain for registered households so they can return to farming. I ask that these items be audited and written off separately and entered as regular expenditures." The request was approved. In the 9th year Xinjiang established the Karashahr Direct Department with a subprefect for civil administration and concurrent Mongol jurisdiction, who also oversaw Torghut pastoral affairs. In the 13th year Xinjiang Governor Liu Jintang memorialized: "Torghut and other Mongols formerly under frontier leading detachments should come under local civil administration. Lest the change not reach every household, I ask that the Court of Colonial Affairs proclaim the new regulations and circulate them to all Mongol tribes." The relevant offices were so informed.
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西沿
In the third month of the 22nd year Gansu Muslim rebels broke west out of the passes. Ili General Chang Geng wired that rebels were threatening Zhaledus and ordered Southern Route Acting League Chief Princess Consort Seritebolegadan and others to muster five hundred mounted Mongols with firearms under Beile Gongganamuzhale. Assistant commandants Benjin and others were posted with their troops along the Haubuqi pass and at Hahardaban, Dalandaban, and other points to hold the east of Zhaledus and guard the approaches to Karashahr and Korla. In the eighth month, once the crisis passed, the troops were withdrawn.
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歿
After Xinjiang became a province, the Old Torghut divisions remained under the Ili General, and their stipends in silver and silk continued to be paid from Ili. Among Xinjiang Mongols, only the Old Torghut and related tribes had the custom that when a khan, prince, duke, or zasak died leaving an heir under one year old, the widow or mother held the seal in commission. The region has salt and mines, and the land supports both farming and herding. There are fifty-four assistant commandants in all.
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西西
The Northern Route comprises three banners in the league of Unen Suvquit, east of Tacheng at Hoboksari southwest of the Altai: Gazharbash Nor to the east, the Gobi to the south, Chahan Obo to the west, and the Irtysh to the north. Ubashi's kinsman Cebeke Duolji and others followed Ubashi back in Qianlong 36 and presented a gold-hilted knife and a Circassian horse. In the 37th year he had audience at court. Cebeke Duolji was enfeoffed as zasak Prince Hoshoi Buyantu; his brother Qirib received zasak first-rank taiji rank and governed the Right Wing. They were granted pasture at Hoboksari as the Old Torghut Northern Route under Cebeke Duolji as league chief. In the 40th year Qirib's brother Aksahal was granted zasak first-rank taiji and placed over the Left Wing. In the 43rd year Cebeke Duolji died. Qirib succeeded him and the Right Wing seal was withdrawn. In the 50th year Cebeke Duolji's son, gong-rank First-class Taiji Gongge Cheleng, received zasak rank. An edict placed him over his father's people, and a new Right Wing zasak seal was cast for him. In the 57th year he was made Fuguo Gong. He died in Daoguang 2. His son Duolji Namuzhale succeeded at reduced rank as gong-rank zasak First-class Taiji.
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調
In Tongzhi 4, during the Muslim uprising at Tacheng, Prince Celinlabutan was impeached and deprived of his title by Counsellor Xi Lin for slow mobilization, then had it restored through a monetary contribution. In the 9th year Kuichang and others set up new border cairns at Tacheng and ordered Prince Celinlabutan, Tupushenkeshike, and Zasak Razharbadar to maintain constant surveillance. Part of the old boundary was also surrendered. In the tenth month of the 12th year Muslim rebels raided this tribe's Sabar Mountain district, looting livestock and goods, and the three relay stations at Usutu and elsewhere were abandoned. In the twelfth month Counsellor Ying Lian reported that the rebels had fled far off and ordered Celinlabutan and others to resettle the affected Mongols properly while restoring all seven original relay stations. Soon afterward, for the work of re-establishing the relay stations, yellow horse trappings were awarded. In Xuantong 1, because the Altai Urianghai again wintered on the north side of this tribe's Sari Mountain, it was proposed that one-tenth of their annual horse rents be paid to the tribe's three banners as grazing fees. This division's gold mines are well known, and its land supports both farming and herding. It has fourteen assistant commandants.
40
西
The Eastern Route has two banners spanning the Jierhalang River. The Kuitun River lies to the east adjoining Gansu Suilai; the Southern Mountains to the south; Kur Kara Usu to the west; and the Gobi to the north. Ubashi's younger kinsmen Bambal and others followed Ubashi back to allegiance. In Qianlong 37 he had audience at Rehe and was enfeoffed as zasak Prince Dorobisirele; his brother Qibiteng was made Gushan Yitegele Beizi. The league was likewise named Unen Suvquit. At first they were under the Kur Kara Usu resident minister and governed jointly, while all remained under the Ili General. Late in Tongzhi the Russians seized this division's Beizi Purpugadan as a hostage after Northern Route Old Torghut took Kazakh horses and camels from their jurisdiction, then soon released him. Early in Guangxu ten thousand taels in relief silver were granted. In the 11th year a Kur Kara Usu subprefect with concurrent Mongol jurisdiction was established to handle this division's Han–Mongol affairs. Late in the dynasty Paleta, who had inherited the jun wang title, once sought permission to travel abroad and enrolled in the school for noble youths. Ili General Guang Fu impeached him over banner affairs, and disciplinary measures were ordered. This division has seven assistant commandants in all.
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西 西西
The Western Route has one banner on the east bank of the Jing River north of the Tianshan. Jing River garrison farms lie to the east; the north side of Hash Mountain to the south; Tuohomutu relay station to the west; and Karatala Exike Nor to the north. Ubashi's uncle Mementu followed Ubashi back to allegiance. In Qianlong 37 he had audience at Rehe and was enfeoffed as zasak Beile Jilgalang, with pasture granted on the Jing River under the Ili General. In Xianfeng 10 Beile Eqi'er received double-eyed peacock plumes for a military contribution. Early in Guangxu, after suffering raids, they received ten thousand taels in relief silver. In the 13th year a Jing River subprefect with concurrent Mongol jurisdiction was established to handle this division's Han–Mongol affairs. It has four assistant commandants.
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西 西
The New Torghut lie southwest of Kobdo, east of the Ulungu River on the south side of the Altai. The New Khoshut lie to the east; Hutusi Mountain to the south; the Altai Urianghai to the west and north; and the Zhakhachin to the southeast.
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Seleng, fourteenth-generation descendant of Torghut Weng Han, led his brothers to graze near Ili as a Zungar subject taiji. When the imperial armies campaigned against the Zungars, Dawachi was captured and Amursana and other rebels were executed in turn. Seleng alone held out and hid in the Kok Usu and Karatala country. In Qianlong 23 an edict ordered Frontier General Cheng Gunzhab and others to hunt him down. Seleng fled into Russia. Our troops caught him at the headwaters of the Lob, where he feigned surrender, murdered Vice Commander-in-Chief Tang Kalu by stratagem, crossed the Karama Pass, and returned to the Ilek Torghut pastures. In the 36th year he again induced his khan Ubashi to march on Ili. Reaching Tamuha, he found the Qing defenses strong and could see no way forward; left with no choice, he followed Ubashi in submission. An edict pardoned Seleng's offenses. In the 37th year he and his nephew Sharhoken had audience at Rehe. Seleng was enfeoffed as zasak Prince Dorobiliktu and Sharhoken as Beizi Uchalaltu; both received zasak rank. Seleng's people formed the Left Wing banner and Sharhoken's the Right Wing. The league was named Chingget Kheriltu, with Seleng as league chief and Sharhoken as deputy. In the 48th year they received perpetual hereditary rank without degradation and were placed under the Kobdo Counsellor.
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In Daoguang 6, when war broke out in the Muslim borderlands, this tribe supplied horses and camels for the campaign. In Xianfeng 3 the tribe's princes and beiles offered military contributions; a gracious edict declined them. In Tongzhi 3 troops of this tribe were called to relieve Gucheng and other cities, but were withdrawn after they broke and scattered. In the 6th year a resident minister was established at Burultokhai in this tribe's territory, with Li Yunlin in the post. In the fifth month of the 7th year the garrison and populace at Burultokhai mutinied. Li Yunlin fled to the Qinggeli River. An edict ordered Fu Ji and Xi Lun to investigate Ming Yao and Kungazhala Can and proclaim orders to disband. In the seventh month the Burultokhai rebels fled to the Ulungu River. In the ninth month, after Kungazhala Can raised a lama army at Chagar, Fu Ji and others were ordered to lead the campaign against the Burultokhai rebels. One hundred thousand taels of Board of Revenue silver were sent to Kobdo for suppression and refugee relief. Fu Ji was transferred to serve as resident minister at Burultokhai. In the tenth month, for his role in defending Kobdo, this tribe's Jun Wang Linzhadonglubu was granted the qin wang title. In the twelfth month the tribe was confirmed as remaining under Kobdo jurisdiction. In the second month of the 8th year, after Kazakhs surrounded and killed Burultokhai rebels, the tribe's Jun Wang Linzhadonglubu was ordered to advance against them. In the fourth month Fu Ji was made Uliastai General and Wen Shuo replaced him at Burultokhai. In the seventh month Burultokhai rebels wounded Russian border troops. Kungazhala Can camped on the Kelin River, and Fu Ji and others were urgently ordered to organize a punitive advance. That month Kungazhala Can defeated the rebels at Hoboktori. In the eighth month Kungazhala Can recovered Burultokhai. The rebels surrendered and were pacified, and the ringleaders Zhang Ju and others were executed. An edict ordered Fu Ji and others to provide food for Burultokhai refugees. In the ninth month the Tacheng Oirats were ordered to remain temporarily in their former homes, and the Altai populace to settle on the Qinggeli River. In the tenth month the Burultokhai population was moved to the Altai, and silver was granted to the Solon and Green Standard troops who had garrisoned the post. In the eleventh month the new Burultokhai resident minister was abolished and banner and Green Standard troops withdrawn. Duties of the Solon and Oirat leading detachments and Kungazhala Can were consolidated under the Kobdo Counsellor, and Kuichang was assigned to handle the Burultokhai boundary with Russia.
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In the ninth month of the 12th year Suzhou Muslim rebels raided the Bulage River district of this tribe's beizi banner. Kobdo Counsellor Tolunbu and others recalled the Heilongjiang and Mongol cavalry from Chahan Nor and sent them to Bulage River to defend and suppress the raiders. In the eleventh month Urumqi Leading Detachment Minister Xi Lun memorialized: "On the sixteenth day of the seventh month I led the militia I had raised south from the Altai and moved camp to the south bank of the Ulungu. Reports came of trouble along the Burgen River in the east: Kobdo's Zhakhachin and the Khoshut and Torghut frontiers were all raided, Urianghai relay stations near the Altai were abandoned, and the rebels fled west from Khoshut and Torghut lama camps toward the Qinggeli River." In the twelfth month Xi Lun reported: "Muslim rebels raided the Urianghai tribe. I pursued them with militia and local defense corps to Gazharbar Nor. The rebels had fled south of the Salbur Mountains to Shashanzi, so I took the northern route along the Buling River and rode hard to Kukexincang on the upper Hobok. Scouts found five rebel camps in the Kokomoton woods downstream. At night I led a stealth attack on their stockades, routed three camps and captured a fourth; the rebels broke and fled, then passed Ayar Nor to the Greater and Lesser Guai in Suilai county and returned to Manas." Kobdo Assistant Minister Bao Ying reported: "On the nineteenth day of the tenth month I led the cavalry west from Jiqing Nor and reached the Torghut Qinggeli River on the twenty-seventh. The rebels fled to Burultokhai. Xi Lun pursued them and killed or captured many. The rebels had fled west. I garrisoned troops on the Qinggeli River and ordered the Urianghai, Torghut, Khoshut, and Zhakhachin to restore their military relay stations to their original locations without delay." After Urumqi, Manas, and other cities were recovered, this tribe at last ceased to be on alert.
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In Guangxu 9 the Kobdo Sino-Russian boundary assistant minister Ergeqing'e resettled Kazakhs who had returned to China, assigning the Kuitung ranges and Haba River headwaters for summer grazing and the country east of the Alabieke River, together with the Guolizike, Haba, and Alaketai rivers, for winter grazing. All of this was in fact this tribe's land. In the 29th year Rui Xun proposed repairing the Burultokhai canal, opening military colonies, and lending camels to the Torghut wang and beizi banners with subsidy silver. He ordered the Zhakhachin, Torghut, and Urianghai left and right wings to select better pasture and established thirteen relay stations from Zhakhachin Shazagaitai to Burultokhai. In the intercalary fifth month of the 29th year, in recognition of Kobdo banners' service in safeguarding abandoned Russian merchant goods, the Torghut principal league chief, zasak Prince Mishikedonggulubu, received purple reins and the deputy league chief, zasak Beizi Maxuerzhabu, received double-eyed peacock plumes. In the twelfth month of the 32nd year the Kobdo–Altai jurisdictional boundary was fixed, and this tribe's two banners, one New Khoshut banner, and seven Altai Urianghai banners were all placed under Altai.
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This tribe's territory supports both farming and herding, and gold mines are found there. Steamships can navigate the Burqin River. It has three assistant commandants in all.
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Near this tribe lies the Habchak New Khoshut. In Qianlong 36 the Khoshut taiji Bayarlahu's clansman Menggun led his people in submission. He had formerly been attached to New Torghut Beizi Sharhoken's banner. An edict granted him first-class taiji rank and half an assistant commandant and ordered him to settle as an attached community. In the 57th year their pastures were moved to Hamichak near the Dorbod. In Jiaqing 1 the Kobdo Counsellor reported that Menggun's widow Chayan brought her son Buyankeshike to say their numbers were growing daily and to request a zasak seal without stipend. When the Xinjiang campaign began in Daoguang 6, this tribe, like the Dorbod, repeatedly donated horses, camels, and funds to support the army through the early Xianfeng period. Late in Tongzhi, Muslim rebels fled north and both this tribe and the New Torghut were raided. Acting Ili General Rongquan traveled west from Kobdo to negotiate Ili affairs, and this tribe set up relay stations to supply him. In Guangxu 29, for organizing defense corps in 1900 to protect Russian goods, zasak taiji Buyankeshike was granted the Defender of the State ducal title. He died in the first month of the 33rd year, and his son Damiding succeeded by imperial grace. Vacancies were formally referred to the throne, but the office was in practice hereditary. Its pastures adjoin Zhakhachin on the east, New Torghut on the south and west, and Altai Urianghai on the north. It has one assistant commandant.
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The Khoshut tribe lies north of Yanqi prefecture in Xinjiang. On the east lies Wushaktar; on the south the Kaidu River; on the west the Little Ili River; and on the north Mount Chahan Tongge. They were formerly one of the four Oirat confederations and traced descent from Genghis Khan's younger brother Khabutu Hasar. A certain Bobeyimirzha was the first to take the title of khan. His son Khani Noyan Hongguo'er succeeded him and had six sons who grazed in Qinghai, Xitao, and Ili. See the biography of the Qinghai Oirat tribes for further particulars. His third son Qundlun Ubashi and fourth son Tulubaihu left numerous descendants. Tulubaihu took the title Gushi Khan. His descendants, known as the Qinghai Oirats, established twenty-one zasaks; others were known as the Alashan Oirats and had one zasak; still others were under Chahar banners with three titles—all are omitted here. The Khoshut leader Qundlun Ubashi, styled Dorgochi Noyan, had sixteen sons: Maidalai Ubashi, Ubashi Hontaiji, Dorji, Erkedaiqing Ekechuotebu, Dibacholitu, Gabchu Noyan, Mengu, Qing Batür, Inak Batür, Ilechak, Saibak, Halakuji, Lobzang Dash, Tarba, Seleng, and Pungsuk. The Khoshut now have four zasaks, all descended from Dorji and Erkedaiqing Ekechuotebu. In Chongde 7 Qundlun Ubashi sent Sonam with the Dalai Lama's envoy to present camels and horses as tribute and received cloth and Korean tribute goods in return. In Shunzhi 8 he presented local horses and black fox pelts as tribute. In the ninth year he again presented camels and horses. Envoys were sent on several later occasions. In Kangxi 16 Maidalai Ubashi's son Danjin Hontaiji sent the Darhan zasang to present tribute. In the twenty-first year he again sent Hanglai and others, with envoys from all his brothers—more than one hundred men in all. In the twenty-fourth year the tribute regulations for the four Oirat confederations were fixed at two hundred men per embassy entering the pass, and the tribes were so informed. See the biography of the Dorbod tribe for further particulars.
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The Zungar had grown stronger, and the Khoshut clans, fearing their power, all obeyed their commands. After Galdan's rebellion was suppressed, all of Gushi Khan's descendants grazing in Qinghai submitted to the dynasty. Galdan's nephew Tsewang Araptan pressed the Khoshut who lived near him and petitioned to restore Qinghai's old pastures as under Galdan, intending secretly to bring them under his control. The emperor saw through the scheme, rebuked him, and ordered the Khoshut returned to their old pastures without private seizure, but he refused. One Lobzang Chiling, a great-great-grandson of Dorji, received Tsewang Araptan's daughter in marriage. In Yongzheng 8 Pacify-the-Borders General-in-Chief Furdan encamped at Kobdo to attack the Zungar. Someone reported: "Galdan Tsering gave Lobzang Chiling ten thousand men to hold the Kazakhs and posted garrisons on the Alimatu Shalabole frontier. Lobzang Chiling abandoned the post, led more than three thousand households through Gas into Qinghai, and prepared to submit. Galdan Tsering sent the zasang Urut Bahamanji and others in pursuit, but Lobzang Chiling defeated them. He then sent the Kharchin zasang Dugar to attack, but failed to overtake them." Furdan reported this. An edict to Vice Commander-in-Chief Datnai ordered: "Scout and secure the Gas route. When Lobzang Chiling surrenders, send him to audience under armed escort, post inner garrisons, and do not fall for a false surrender." Lobzang Chiling never came. In Qianlong 20 the imperial army campaigned against Dawachi and reached Ili. Demchi Sukdorgochi Hoshiha of Shanpi Lingjisai, Demchi Hotongkaraboromangnai of Gurit Otok, Ishikt Zamabole, and others said they had formerly been Lobzang Chiling's subjects and presented registers of more than six hundred households. Lobzang Chiling's son Norbudundok grazed at Ereen Khabirga and sent his eldest son Eqi'er in haste to surrender. Pacify-the-North General Bandi sent to recruit his clan, and taiji Sanjit, hearing of this, presented a register of three hundred households.
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Danjin Hontaiji's son Alabutan had two sons: the elder Galdandundok, who fathered Shakdur Manji; and the younger Dundobchiling, who fathered Minggat. Dawachi favored Shakdur Manji and relied heavily on him. The younger Tsewang Dorji's grandson Nemekujilgar fought Dawachi; Shakdur Manji attacked him and wiped out his family. When Bandi arrived, Dawachi fled to Geden and Shakdur Manji surrendered. Bandidor, a descendant of Gushi Khan, was Amursana's half-brother on the mother's side and secretly supported him. He had earlier fled Dawachi's turmoil and submitted, and was made a doroi prince of the second degree. An edict declared that once the Oirat were pacified he would be made Khan of the Khoshut. When he reached Ili with the main army, he privately seized the herds and property of Norbudundok, Shakdur Manji, and other taijis. Bandi forbade this, and he restrained himself somewhat. The order of audience was soon fixed: Shakdur Manji and Bandidor in the first contingent, Sanjit and Eqi'er in the second. Amursana blocked their journey, falsely claiming Shakdur Manji would rebel and welcome Dawachi, and asked that Bandidor guard the surrendering tribes at Temurtu Nor. Bandi rejected the charge as false. Bandidor pretended to go to audience, moved to the Tamir pastures, seized Amursana's family, and plotted escape. Counsellor Alantai captured him. Shakdur Manji had audience at the Mountain Villa. The emperor received him in the Hall of Plainness, Sincerity, and Respect, enfeoffed him as Khan of the Khoshut, made him league chief, and urged him to nurture religion among his people and rebuild their numbers. Sanjit and Eqi'er followed. Sanjit was granted zasak first-class taiji rank and Eqi'er unattached first-class taiji, and both were sent back to their pastures.
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Pacify-the-West General Celeng was preparing a major campaign against Amursana and ordered Shakdur Manji to join him. Shakdur Manji had just set out when scouts reported that Amursana held Ili. He was told to send trusted zasangs in haste to ready his tribes for war without heeding rebel incitement, while he himself marched with the main army. Bandidor, imprisoned in irons, asked that letters be sent to Sanjit and Eqi'er ordering the Khoshut to join in suppressing the rebel Amursana. When Sanjit received the letter he said Norbudundok and Shakdur Manji were neighbors and that the clan taijis Manibatu, Basutai, Mazai Ubashi, Nuketu Tulumengke, Amur Nusai, Sawang, and others were loyal; letters should be sent to them too. Eqi'er said he would return and urge his father to join the campaign against the rebel. Meanwhile Deputy Commander Saral and the Ili zasangs agreed that Norbudundok and Shakdur Manji's son Tumen would bring troops to Borotala, Burhasutai, and Talerqi Ridge to attack Amursana. Norbudundok and Tumen each sent envoys to Barkul to explain. Norbudundok memorialized: "My father Lobzang Chiling wished to submit during Galdan Tsering's rule but found no opportunity. When the imperial army campaigned against Dawachi, my clansman Bandidor, backed by Amursana, seized my followers. I am eager to join in suppressing the rebels." The emperor praised his loyalty, enfeoffed him as duke, and restored what Bandidor had taken. Bandidor was soon executed.
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In the twenty-first year Norbudundok submitted. After Saral and the others had settled their plan, Amursana learned of it through spies and prepared first. Norbudundok attacked the Noros Khaji Baising forces at Ili but was defeated. He and Saral took a secret route from the Ili River to Barkul. Shakdur Manji then reached Celeng's army. An edict ordered him to write his son Tumen to guard the pastures with troops. Before the letter arrived, Minggat joined Amursana's rebellion and coerced his followers. Tumen refused. He led his kin to the Ili River and asked to move inward. The emperor took pity on him, enfeoffed him as doroi beile, granted one thousand taels of silver and double-eyed peacock plumes, and ordered him to join Shakdur Manji from Ereen Khabirga. Tushmel Erje, marching with the army against Amursana, seized Norbudundok's followers en route. Rebuked by edict, he was ordered to investigate and return what he had taken. Norbudundok and his son Eqi'er soon died in succession. An edict made Eqi'er's younger brother Borhejin duke, stating: "Norbudundok's old pastures border the Kazakhs and may be raided. If you wish to move back to Ereen Khabirga, you may do as you see fit." Shakdur Manji brought his son Tumen, Borhejin, and others from the Ili River to Barkul and asked to settle and graze nearby. Vice Commander-in-Chief Yarghasan reported this. An edict said: "Shakdur Manji's old pastures could no longer support his people, and he has come a great distance in hardship—this deserves compassion. Years of Zungar unrest have left all the tribes struggling to live. Yet if each taiji gathers his people, settles them in peace, and supports himself by farming and herding, within a few years they may recover their former prosperity. Although Shakdur Manji and his people were now lodged temporarily at Barkul, it was not their homeland and they could not stay there indefinitely. The Khoshut, Dorbod, Khoit, and others near Khalkha were also to be sent back to their former pastures, with orders to settle peacefully, support themselves, and crack down firmly on banditry. Shakdur Manji and his followers ought eventually to return to their old pastures, but having only just come a great distance, an immediate order to go back would only exhaust them. They might temporarily settle on land near Barkul, with grain and rice issued according to the number of households." Messengers were again sent to Shakdur Manji, Choros Khan Galecan Dorji, and Khoit Khan Bayar with this message: "Since your audience and return to pasture you have obeyed Our orders, kept your people in line, and lived peacefully within your bounds for more than a year. We have long borne you in mind across the distance. We now specially dispatch officials to inquire after your welfare and send food and personal ornaments as gifts, to show Our special favor. The rebel Amursana is now hiding among the Kazakhs, barely clinging to life. We have sent troops against him for years, but as winter has set in the army is being temporarily withdrawn. Yet the rebel is endlessly treacherous. If he sends men to your pastures to deceive and incite trouble, you must seize them and hand them over at once. As for Shakdur Manji's request to graze near Barkul, he has already been told he will receive rations as needed. Next spring seed will be given again so he may plow, cultivate, and store grain at Ebiqilebulake; after the autumn harvest he will be sent back to his former pastures. See to your livelihood wisely, and may you long enjoy the blessings of peace." Shakdur Manji soon handed over men of his tribe who had stolen horses and asked that they be punished. An edict replied: "Plunder has become habitual among the Oirats and must be severely punished. Your capture of the thieves and delivery of them inland shows great dutifulness. Hereafter you may handle such matters yourselves." Because Borhejin was young and inexperienced, Shakdur Manji was told to look after him carefully, and his kinsmen Moro and the zaisang Xindeng were ordered to manage pastoral affairs for the time being.
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Before long the Oirats were again restless. Bayar falsely claimed that Shakdur Manji had raided his pastures and was about to attack Barkul with troops. Galecan Dorji and his elder brother's son Zanagarbu rebelled and raided the frontier. A man named Purpu reported that his lord Shakdur Manji was secretly in league with Zanagarbu, and an edict ordered Yarghasan to investigate. Shakdur Manji had meanwhile posted guards for internal defense and sent spies to Barkul to observe the main army. His son Tumen died, but he did not report it. Yarghasan summoned him, but he pleaded illness and did not come. Convinced that he had indeed rebelled, Yarghasan reached his camp by night and destroyed it, beheading more than four thousand men and taking Borhejin into custody. A memorial asked where the survivors should be settled. An edict ordered them moved to the capital and suspended inheritance of the ducal rank. Shakdur Manji's younger brother Sangji fled to the Irtysh region and plundered the camels and horses of the guardsman Fubao, who was on a mission to the Dorbod. Fubao fought back fiercely and Sangji escaped. Dorbod Khan Cheren sent Prince Cheren Ubashi and others in pursuit. Sangji fled and was killed, and the Khoshut rebels were finally pacified. Among their clan, however, Dorji's descendants such as Gongge—some of whom had grazed with the Torghuts in Russia on the Ejin River—in the thirty-sixth year returned from Russia with Torghut Khan Ubashi. They soon had audience at court. Gongge was enfeoffed as Tushetu beile, his clan uncle Yalan Amur Linggui as beizi, and his younger clansmen Nohai and Bayar Lahu as first-rank taiji. All received zasak rank and each was organized into a banner. Their league was named Batu Set Kiretu, and everything else followed Torghut precedent. In the 37th year they were granted pasture at Zhaledus. In the 40th year one chief and one deputy league chief were appointed. In Jiaqing 2 Gongge's nephew Botengteke died without an heir. In the eleventh month his assistant commandant companies were divided: two to Beizi Eqi'er, three to zasak taiji Qiyeqi, and one to Urtunason, and his title was abolished.
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In Daoguang 6, when the Xinjiang campaign began, troops of this tribe were called up to assist in suppression. They defeated Muslim rebels at the Hunbash River in Aksu and received satin, silver, and peacock plumes in varying amounts. Thereafter, whenever trouble arose in Xinjiang, they were mobilized together with Torghut troops under the Ili General.
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In Tongzhi 3, during the Muslim rebellion, this tribe was devastated and more than half its people scattered. Rashidelerik, zasak taiji of the Central Route Left Banner, led the survivors into the Boltu mountains and did his utmost to preserve them. In Guangxu 3 Liu Jintang recovered Toksun, and Rashidelerik paid him a visit. In the eighth month the army advanced, and thereafter he rode with the government forces, reporting in full on the lay of the land, the rebels' true strength, and the depth of the waterways. When the army crossed the Kaidu River, his tribe was moved to the east bank. Imperial Commissioner Zuo Zongtang recommended him for reward; the memorial was approved and he received peacock plumes. Earlier the Central Banner beizi Dornachinamujale and the Right Banner zasak Dongrub Wangzhale had both fled; only now did they return to their pastures. Assistant commandants of this tribe still petitioned Zuo Zongtang, asking that the people of their two banners be placed under Rashidelerik. The matter was soon dropped. In the 8th year a Karashahr direct subprefect with concurrent Mongol-affairs authority was appointed to handle this tribe's dealings between Mongols and civilians. In the 22nd year, when Gansu Muslim rebels broke through the passes, Ili General Chang Geng ordered this tribe's beizi Gunbuzhapu to send zasak taiji Gongga Namuzhale with troops to hold Dumudatashha and block the route from Bosten Lake to Lop Nor. When the crisis ended, they were withdrawn.
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Its local products are the same as those of the Old Torghut Southern Route tribe. The tribe had eleven assistant commandants in all.
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