Bargut

Who holds it

Title

Chiefs not named

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

not known

Confidence

low

The Barga (Bargut) are known in the Barguzin valley from the first millennium (Bayirku in the Turkic runic texts). The Secret History's Barqujin Tokum is their country: the legendary mother of Alan Qo'a came from it and the Merkit fled to it in the 1180s. The Wikipedia article on the Barga names no chief for the period.

Overlord

None attested.

What it holds

• The Barguzin valley's hunting grounds, fisheries and pastures

How it was acquired

By long use.

Allies and rivals

Neighbours of the Khori on the south, the Merkit (refugees), the Buryat ancestors on the west shore.

How things stand that morning

In the valley in winter; the Merkit chiefs may have fled to them again after the raids of 1198 and 1199.

Wealth

Furs, fish, game; no figures.

Military

Hunters; no numbers.

Threats

• Merkit refugees bringing the Kereyit and Mongol pursuit

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1207Jochi subdues the Barqun among the forest peoples (one line; after the opening date).Depends on: Temujin's rise. Stopped by: No Mongol empire.

Places of note

• Barguzin valley winter camps (approximate): Approximate.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Name and place only.

On the map: A rough range.