Tables and Biographies of Mongol and Muslim Princes
The Qing court's 120 chapter genealogy of the noble houses of the Mongols, Oirats and Muslim regions, 1779 to 1795.
Full title Imperially Commissioned Tables and Biographies of the Princes and Nobles of the Outer Mongols and Muslim Regions, 120 juan (1779-1795)
欽定外藩蒙古回部王公表傳
Qianlong commission (Qi Yunshi and others)
Ordered by the Qianlong emperor and compiled by Qi Yunshi and others from 1779 to 1795, this official work gives tables and biographies for the Mongol and Oirat noble houses under the Qing, with the dates each submitted to the dynasty, and for the leaders of the Muslim regions. It was built from banner archives and the records of the Lifanyuan, the office that ran the frontier peoples. The card lists a Siku quanshu manuscript copy in 19 volumes. The atlas holds stored text of this work, but no passages were selected or read for this guide.
- How they knew
- Official record
- Who “Tartar” means here
- Not recorded. The card names the Khorchin, Chakhar and Khalkha Mongols, the Oirats (Dzungar, Torghut, Khoshut, Dorbet) and Turkic Muslim begs.
- Why read it
- It is the administrative skeleton of the steppe polities in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with the date each house came under the Qing.
- Watch out
- The work is official and retrospective. The card notes that the Mongolian and Manchu versions carry the original name forms.
What it says
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The fine print
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
official compilation from banner archives and Lifanyuan records
Research notes
- Official and retrospective; Mongolian and Manchu versions carry the original name forms.
Why it matters
Genealogies of every Mongol and Oirat noble house under the Qing, with dates of submission: the administrative skeleton of steppe polities in the 17th-18th centuries.
Places named
Inner and Outer Mongolia; Dzungaria; Qinghai; Xinjiang
Peoples named
Khorchin, Chakhar, Khalkha and other Mongol banners; Oirats (Dzungar, Torghut, Khoshut, Dörbet); Turkic Muslim begs; Qing