Western Mongols (Oirat, Dzungar, Kalmyk)

Oirats

Named in 20 sources and maps.

  1. 1399–1656a range
    Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty
    WMing court historiographerscompilationW146
  2. c. 1607approximate
    The Jewel Translucent Sutra
    WAnonymous biographer of Altan Khanofficial or contemporary recordW158
  3. 1619exact year
  4. 1634–1641a range
    Sea of Secrets concerning the Virtues of the Good
    WMahmud ibn Wali of BalkhmixedW190
  5. 1640exact year
  6. 1657–1658a range
    Official embassy report
    WFyodor Baikov, Russian envoyfirsthandW171
  7. 1662exact year
  8. 1724exact year
  9. 1739exact year
    History of the Ming
    WZhang Tingyu and the Qing history officecompilationW131
  10. 1744exact year
  11. 1748exact year
    The Excellent Wish-fulfilling Tree
    WSumpa Khenpo Yeshe PeljorcompilationW150
  12. 1763exact year
    Imperially Commissioned Gazetteer of Unified Script for the Western Regions
    WFuheng and the Qianlong commissioninformant testimonyW126
  13. 1772–1774a range
  14. 1777–1782a range
  15. 1779–1795a range
  16. c. 1807approximate
  17. 1819exact year
  18. c. 1819–1823approximate
  19. 1820exact year
    Full Description of the Great World
    WThe Fourth Tsenpo Nomonhan, Jampel Chökyi Tendzin…compilationW152
  20. 1826–1828a range
    Notes on Mongolia
    WHyacinthmixedW177