Onggirat

The Hongirat (Mongolian: Хонгирад/Khonghirad), also known as Qongirat ( Kazakh: Қоңырат) is a Central Asian tribe, one of the major divisions of the Mongols and Kazakhs. Variations on the name include Onggirat, Qongrat, Wangjila (王紀剌), Yongjilie (雍吉烈), and Guangjila (廣吉剌) in Chinese sources and Ongrat or Kungrat in Turkish. Their homeland was located in the vicinity of Lake Hulun in northeastern Mongolia, where they maintained close ties with the ruling dynasties of northern China. Because the various Onggirat clans never united under a single leader, the tribe never rose to great military glory. Their greatest fame comes from being the primary consort clan of the ruling house of Genghis Khan's Mongol empire. Genghis Khan's mother, great grandmother, and first wife were all Hongirads, as were many subsequent Mongol queens and princesses. During the Yuan dynasty they were given the title Lu Wang ("Prince of Lu"), and the Hongirads who migrated west into the territory of modern Uzbekistan and South Kazakhstan Province, became known under the name Kongrat/ Kongyrat, and where many of their descendants still live.