Valley, district or people · Self-governing peoples of Tibet and the Himalaya · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Minyak

The Minyak are the Tibetan name for the Dangxiang (Tangut) stock left behind in the highlands of west Sichuan when the Xia state grew in the north; the speakers of the Qiangic Muya language in the west of Kangding still call themselves Minyak (Wikipedia, Tangut people).

The country holds Dartsedo (the Kangding gorge, no town yet), Tagong (Lhagang), Yajiang and the Muya passes. The Kingdom of Chakla at Dartsedo is founded by the late 1200s (Wikipedia), so not yet.

Who holds it

Title
Chiefs and headmen of the Minyak (Mi nyag)
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

No chief named (see Minyak chiefs and Dartsedo, before Chakla).

Overlord

None; Xia, the Tangut state, is far north.

What it holds

  • Valleys and pastures of the Minyak
  • The Zheduo-Yala meeting ground
  • Passes to Gyalrong and the Dadu

How it was acquired

By descent.

Allies and rivals

The Gyalrong to the north; the Hor and Nyarong to the west; the Song at Yazhou and Lizhou (trade).

How things stand that morning

Self-governing; no dated event.

Wealth

Herds, barley, tea, gold and salt in transit.

Military

Village and clan levies; no numbers.

Customs

No assembly or custom is recorded for 1200 in the sources we could reach.

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. after 1227Tangut refugees and royal clan members are said to move into west Sichuan and northern Tibet (Wikipedia, Tangut people).Depends on: The fall of Xia in 1227. Stopped by: Xia surviving.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The name and origin from Wikipedia; nothing political for 1200.

On the map: No source gives a boundary for 1200; the drawing follows the modern counties and valleys and the neighbouring sheets' anchors.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia, Tangut people (Minyak, Tibetan Buddhism at the Xia court; read this session)
  2. Wikipedia, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (read this session)
  3. Wikipedia, Kangding (Dartsedo; read this session)
  4. Wikipedia, Kingdom of Chakla (founded 'by the late 1200s' in the text, 1407 in the infobox; read this session)

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