Circuit, prefecture or people · Self-governing peoples of North China and Manchuria · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Evenk of the Khingan

Reindeer and horse hunters of the forest of the Khingan east side: the ancestors of the Evenk and Oroqen.

They give the Jin the occasional fur present and are otherwise free.

Who holds it

Title
Clan elders; no chief named
Since
not pinned
Born
not known
Confidence
low

None named.

How things stand that morning

Quiet; nothing recorded for the winter of 1199-1200 in what we could read.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Names of the age are lost; the modern groups are inferred.

On the map: Rough outline; Jin prefecture boundaries are not fixed on any map we could use.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia: Jurchen people (read this session)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.