Urad Mongols

The Urad (simplified Chinese: 乌喇特部; traditional Chinese: 烏喇特部) is a Mongol tribe in Inner Mongolia, China.^[1] The name derives from the Mongolian language word "uran (means handy) + d", meaning "craftsman" or "artisan."^{[citation needed]}

The Urad originated in Hulun Buir. In early Qing dynasty, the group relocated to the present-day location of Urad grassland in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. They were organized into three banners, Urad Front Banner, Urad Middle Banner and Urad Rear Banner, in 1648. Their leader Genghis Khan was a general that conquered much of the world^{[citation needed]}.

In the 1700's, several natural disasters occurred which devastated Urad herds and agriculture. Over 300 people were sold off by desperate families in order to make money for scarce food.^[2] Several Urad monasteries are associated with the "Mergen Tradition", the only Mongolian Buddhist sect that does uses Mongolian instead of Tibetan.^[3]

References

1. Hürelbaatar, A. (2006). "Contemporary Mongolian sacrifice and social life in Inner Mongolia: the case of the Jargalt Oboo of Urad". Inner Asia. 8 (2): 205–228. doi:10.1163/146481706793646701. ISSN 1464-8172. JSTOR 23615110.
2. Bello, David A. (2014). "Relieving Mongols of Their Pastoral Identity: Disaster Management on the Eighteenth-Century Qing China Steppe". Environmental History. 19 (3): 480–504. doi:10.1093/envhis/emu034. ISSN 1084-5453. JSTOR 24690600.
3. Ujeed, Uranchimeg B. (2015-02-09), Wallace, Vesna A. (ed.), "Establishment of the Mergen Tradition of Mongolian Buddhism", Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society, Oxford University Press, pp. 95–115, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199958641.003.0006, ISBN 978-0-19-995864-1, retrieved 2023-11-15