The grassland centre where the Ngawa tribes meet, on the road between the Gyalrong valleys and the Songpan marches.
Kirti monastery is of 1472 (recalled) and so not yet; 'Minjak' meant the Ngawa area until the 19th century (Wikipedia, Tangut people). In 1200 it is a camping ground and a ford, not a town.
Who holds it
- Title
- The camp-lords of the Ngawa herders (see Ngawa herders).
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Geography and the Minyak name.
Lord in 1200
The camp-lords of the Ngawa herders (see Ngawa herders).
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; no dated event.
Military
No numbers survive for 1200.
Militia
No numbers survive for 1200.
Places of note
- Ngawa (Aba): The place.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geography and the Minyak name.
On the map: Marker only; a place, not a district.
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)
- Author's recall of the secondary literature (Petech, Tucci, Stein, Davidson, Smith, Kapstein, Dunnell): not re-read this session, so marked 'recalled' in the text
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.