Town · Self-governing peoples of Mongolia and the Steppe · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Gobi road to the Ongud

The route from the Tula south-east across the Middle Gobi to the Ongud on the Yin Shan and the Jin licensed markets beyond the boundary trench.

No Jin post lies on this ground (the Jin forts and markets are on the other side of the line, nch's); no halt is named in any source for 1200.

Who holds it

Title
The Gobi herders
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

How things stand that morning

Open road in winter if the wells have snow.

Council

none; no town

Trade and crafts

Caravans and drovers, horses sold to the Jin markets (inferred).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Inference.

Sources and studies

  1. 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

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