Former Turco-Mongol tribal confederation in Mongolia
Not to be confused with Karaite.
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Keraites
Хэрэйд (Khereid)
11th century–13th century
Status
Subjects to: Liao dynasty, Qara Khitai (Western Liao), Genghisids
Religion
Church of the East
Government
Khanate
Khan
• 11th century
Markus Buyruk Khan
• 12th century
Saryk Khan
• 12th century
Kurchakus Buyruk Khan
• –1203
Toghrul Khan (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Established
11th century
• absorbed into the Mongol Empire.
13th century
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zubu
Kara-Khanid Khanate
Mongol Empire
Today part of
Khalkha Mongols,[1][2] Buryats,[3][4] Kalmyks[5] and some other Mongol and Turkic peoples
The Keraites (also Kerait, Kereit, Khereid; Mongolian: Хэрэйд; Chinese: 克烈) were one of the five dominant Mongol or Turkic tribal confederations (khanates) in the Altai-Sayan region during the 12th century. They had converted to the Church of the East (Nestorianism) in the early 11th century and are one of the possible sources of the European Prester John legend.
Their original territory was expansive, corresponding to much of what is now Mongolia. Vasily Bartold (1913) located them along the upper Onon and Kherlen rivers and along the Tuul river.[6] They were defeated by Genghis Khan in 1203 and became influential in the rise of the Mongol Empire, and were gradually absorbed into the succeeding Turco-Mongol khanates during the 13th century.
^Үндэсний Статистикийн Хороо. Хэрээд.
^Үндэсний Статистикийн Хороо. Хэрэйд.
^Нанзатов Б. З. Кударинские буряты в XIX веке: этнический состав и расселение // Вестник БНЦ СО РАН. — 2016. — № 4 (24). — С. 126—134.
^Нанзатов Б. З., Содномпилова М. М. Селенгинские буряты в XIX в.: этнический состав и расселение (юго-западный ареал) // Вестник БНЦ СО РАН. — 2019. — № 1 (33). — С. 126—134.
^Бембеев В. Ойраты. Ойрат-калмыки. Калмыки: история, культура, расселение, общественный строй до образования Калмыцкого ханства в Поволжье и Предкавказье. — Джангар, 2004. — С. 87. — 495 с.
^V.V. Bartold in the article on Genghis Khan in the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia of Islam (1913); see Dunlop (1944:277)
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East also largely practiced aniconism. Adhered to by groups such as the Keraites and Naimans (see Christianity among the Mongols), the Church of the East...
are one of ours now." They exchanged hostages whereby 100 families of Keraites were re-settled in Carpathian Galicia. According to James Chambers, the...
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western Turkic neighbours. Various sources also list the Bargut, Buzava, Keraites, and Naiman tribes as comprising part of the Dörben Öörd; some tribes may...
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