The wide wet grasslands at the head of the Min, Fu and Black rivers, horse and yak country.
'Minjak' meant the Ngawa area until the 19th century and the early Tanguts lived in the highlands of west Sichuan and south-east Qinghai (Wikipedia, Tangut people). Kirti (1472) is not yet. The Song's horse fair at Danchang and the markets at Maozhou draw their horses from here.
Who holds it
- Title
- Camp-lords of the Ngawa herders
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No chief named (see Ngawa herders).
What it holds
- Grassland pastures and herds
- The upper Min and Fu summer grass
- Passage to Gyalrong and Songpan
How it was acquired
By custom.
Allies and rivals
The Songpan Fan and the Min Qiang to the east; Gyalrong to the south; Golog to the north-west.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; no dated event.
Wealth
Horses, yaks, wool, butter.
Military
Mounted herdsmen; no numbers.
Customs
No assembly or custom is recorded for 1200 in the sources we could reach.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geography, the Minyak name and the horse trade.
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
- Wikipedia, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (read this session)
- Wikipedia, Tangut people (Minyak, Tibetan Buddhism at the Xia court; read this session)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.