Mingghan

The mingghan (Uzbek: Minggʻan, Halh Mongolian: мянгат, romanized: Myangat) was a social-military unit of 1,000 households created by Genghis Khan. From this group could be recruited a regiment of 1,000 men. It is part of the ancient method of organization developed by Eurasian nomads based on the decimal system.¹ A tumen, which included 10,000 households and soldiers,² was the largest group and it was divided into ten mingghan.¹ A mingghan was made up of 10 jaghuns² or 100 arbans.³ An account cited that once he becomes a guard, a mingghan commander's son has to bring a younger brother and 10 other men to serve with him.⁴

References

Lusted, Marcia Amidon (2017). Genghis Khan and the Building of the Mongol Empire. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 32. ISBN 9781499463521.
Behnke, Alison (2008). The Conquests of Genghis Khan. Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books. p. 61. ISBN 9780822575191.
Franke, Herbert, Denis Twitchett and John King Fairbank. (1994) The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 710–1368. Cambridge University Press. pp.345.
Hartog, Leo De (2004). Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the World. New York: Tauris Parke Paperbacks. pp. 45. ISBN 1860649726.

[:0-1] Lusted, Marcia Amidon (2017). Genghis Khan and the Building of the Mongol Empire. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 32. ISBN 9781499463521.

[:1-2] Behnke, Alison (2008). The Conquests of Genghis Khan. Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books. p. 61. ISBN 9780822575191.

[3] Franke, Herbert, Denis Twitchett and John King Fairbank. (1994) The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 710–1368. Cambridge University Press. pp.345.

[4] Hartog, Leo De (2004). Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the World. New York: Tauris Parke Paperbacks. pp. 45. ISBN 1860649726.

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