Shar Darkhad

Not to be confused with Darkhad.

The Shar Darkhad, Dalhut,^[1] or Darhut^[2] (Mongolian for "Untouchables",^[3] "Protected Ones"; Chinese: 达尔扈特, pinyin: Dá'ěrhùtè) are a subgroup of Mongol people living mainly in Inner Mongolia in northern China.^[2]

Shar Darkhad

Regions with significant populations
Languages
Ordos Mongolian
Religion
Predominantly Tibetan Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Mongols, Mongols in China, Ordos Mongols

In 1947, 2071 people from 462 households were eligible to be Darkhad.^[4] They were liable for maintaining the Great Khan's mausoleum at their own expense prior to the erection of a permanent government-owned structure in 1954–6.^[4] The Darkhad believe they are the direct descendants of the soul guards of Genghis Khan.^[5]

See also

• Mausoleum of Genghis Khan

References

Citations

1. Xinhua (8 Aug 2006), "Genghis Khan's Mausoleum Holds Grand Memorial Ceremony", Official site, Beijing: China Internet Information Center.
2. "Guarding Tribe Darhut - the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan".
3. Grollova I. and Zikmundova V., Mongolians the great grandchildren of Chinggiskhan, Triton, Prague 2001
4. Bayar 2007.
5. Nielsen, Mads Vesterager (2021-03-18). "Meeting the Darkhad, the soul guards of Genghis Khan". SupChina. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

Bibliography

• Bayar, Nasan (2007). "On Chinggis Khan and Being Like a Buddha: A Perspective on Cultural Conflation in Contemporary Inner Mongolia". The Mongolia–Tibet Interface: Opening New Research Terrains in Inner Asia. Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, Vol. 10/9, Proceedings of the 10th Seminar of the IATS, Oxford, 2003. Leiden: Brill. pp. 197–222. ISBN 9789004155213..

External links

• BBC: Darhad Tribe
• "Guarding the Spirit of Our Ancestor, Genghis Khan."