Kharchin Mongols
Kharchin (Харчин, ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠴᠢᠨ, qaračin) is a subgroup of the Mongols residing mainly (and originally) in North-western Liaoning and Chifeng, Inner Mongolia. There are Khalkha-Kharchin Mongols in Dorno-Gobi Province (Kharchin Örtöö was part of the province during Qing rule) and in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
They are descended directly from the Kharchin tümen of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. The Kharchin tümen consisted of:
- Yünshebü tümen
- Southern branch of Doyan Uriankhai
- Eastern branch of Mongoljin-Tümed
The eastern Tümed (Chaoyang county, Liaoning) and Mongoljin (Fuxin county, Liaoning) trıbes were also categorized as Kharchin traditionally.
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