The valley on the east side of Baikal where Toqto'a Beki fled in the 1180s and where the Bargut live.
A place of safe retreat for whoever is beaten on the Selenga, because the valley is long, forested and far from any army.
Who holds it
- Title
- The Bargut of the Barguzin valley
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Bargut winter valley; a possible refuge for Merkit.
Council
none; no town
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Place and role from the Secret History's account of the 1180s.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, Barga (tribe) (snapshot copy)
- Igor de Rachewiltz, The Secret History of the Mongols (Brill 2004; abridged ed. ANU/CEDAR 2015). Section numbers quoted from memory of the text; not re-read this session
- Wikipedia, Merkit
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.