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Administrators in the Mongol Empire

Mongol rider with administrator. Painting on silk from the [Yuan era](/source/Yuan_dynasty). Art and History Collection, on loan to the [Arthur M. Sackler Gallery](/source/Arthur_M._Sackler_Gallery).

***Darughachi*** (Mongol form) or ***Basqaq*** (Turkic form) were originally designated officials in the [Mongol Empire](/source/Mongol_Empire) who were in charge of taxes and administration in a certain province. The singular form of the Mongolian word is *[darugha](/source/Darugha)*.[1] They were sometimes referred to as [governors](/source/Governors).[2] The term corresponds to *dārugheh* ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): داروغه )[3] and *basqaq* or *baskak in* [Turkic](/source/Turkish_language), *dálǔhuāchì* in [Pinyin](/source/Pinyin) or *ta lu hua ch'ih* in [Wade–Giles](/source/Wade%E2%80%93Giles) ([Traditional Chinese characters](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 達魯花赤; [Simplified Chinese characters](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 达鲁花赤) in [Chinese](/source/Chinese_language).

## History

This title was established under the rule of [Genghis Khan](/source/Genghis_Khan) from 1211.[1] *[The Secret History of the Mongols](/source/The_Secret_History_of_the_Mongols)* relates that after the invasion and conquest of the [Kipchaks](/source/Kipchaks) and the [Rus](/source/Rus'_(region)) between 1237 and 1240, Ögödei placed *daruγačin*[*[what language is this?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Which_lang)*] and *tammačin*[*[what language is this?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Which_lang)*] to govern the peoples whose cities were Ornas, Saḳsīn, [Bolghar](/source/Bolghar) and [Kiev](/source/Kiev).[4]

Under the [Yuan dynasty](/source/Yuan_dynasty), the title of *Zhangguan* replaced the former designation. There was one such official for each administrative subdivision, where functions of governor and chief of the armies were combined. This title was also given to a person at the head of a central government office. The charge usually fell to a Mongol, probably to a [Semu](/source/Semu), thus guaranteeing the preservation of power within the Mongols. Some other populations, however, could have an administrative title with close functions.

‹[See RfD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2026_May_22#Template:Chinese)›

Darughachi Chinese name Chinese 達魯花赤 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin dálǔhuāchì Mongolian name Mongolian Cyrillic Даргач Mongolian script ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠠᠴᠢ Transcriptions SASM/GNC Daruγači

The texts of Yanghe mention that he should be paid a large sum of gold and silver when the Darugha [Turfan](/source/Turfan) was replaced.[5]

The Turkic term *basqaq* does not appear in Mongolian sources.[4] In Russian sources, the *darughachi* were almost always referred to as *baskak* (plural: *baskaki*).[6] They appear in the 13th century soon after the [Mongol Conquest](/source/Mongol_invasions_and_conquests) but were withdrawn by 1328 and the [Grand Prince of Vladimir](/source/Grand_Prince_of_Vladimir) (usually the [Prince of Moscow](/source/List_of_Russian_rulers#Grand_Princes_of_Moscow)) became the khan's tax collector and imperial son-in-law (*[kürgen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K%C3%BCrgen&action=edit&redlink=1)*), entrusted with gathering the *dan* or tribute from the Rus' principalities for the [Golden Horde](/source/Golden_Horde).[7][8]

In the 13th century, chiefs of Mongol *darughas* were stationed in [Vladimir](/source/Vladimir%2C_Russia)[9] and [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad).[10] The Mongol Empire attempted to send darughachi to [Goryeo](/source/Goryeo) in 1231, after the first (of six) [invasions](/source/Mongol_invasions_of_Korea). According to some records, 72 darughachi were sent and the Mongol military garrisons were withdrawn. However, repeated rebellions and the continued Goryeo resistance to Mongol dominion (the original darughachi that were stationed were all killed by Goryeo forces in the summer of 1232) made the stationing of darughachi difficult.[11] While there are questions regarding the actual number of darughachi stationed, most reliable sources (including the *[Goryeo-sa](/source/Goryeo-sa)*) indicate that at least some darughachi were stationed in Goryeo for the duration of its vassaldom to the Mongol Empire.[12] The extant record denoted 72 darughachi was itself a derivation of an older record that has been lost. Goryeo was too small a territory to merit so many darughachi. The names of none of the 72 darughachi remain, which is unusual considering the importance of their position. While further mention of the darughachi in Korea is scarce in extant sources, after peace was secured between Goryeo and the Mongol Empire in 1259, Korea was established as a Mongol vassal, and the stationing of darughachi in Korea was likely a more stable proposition.

After 1921 the word *darga* ('boss') ([Khalkha](/source/Khalkha) for *darugha*) replaced the aristocratic *[noyan](/source/Noyan)* as the term for high-level officials in [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia).[13]

## See also

- *[Darugha](/source/Darugha)*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Britnell_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Britnell_1-1) Britnell, R. H. (1997). [*Pragmatic literacy, East and West, 1200–1330*](https://books.google.com/books?id=V_0xfZsdsn0C&q=darugha+darughachi+singular+plural&pg=PA223). The Boydell Press. p. 223. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-85115-695-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85115-695-8). Retrieved June 13, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Elizabeth Endicott-West, *Mongolian Rule in China, Local Administration in the Yuan Dynasty* (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989); Idem, " Imperial Governance in Yuan Times," *Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies*, 46.2 (1986): 523–549.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Dehkhoda Persian dictionary: داروغه . [ غ َ / غ ِ ] (ترکی – مغولی ، اِ) رئیس شبگردان . سرپاسبانان . داروغه که در زبان مغولی به معنی «رئیس » است یک اصطلاح عمومی اداری است [\[1\]](http://www.loghatnaameh.com/dehkhodaworddetail-35c0ff4f1c3840d49ee8cfb5c387ba73-fa.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162037/http://www.loghatnaameh.com/dehkhodaworddetail-35c0ff4f1c3840d49ee8cfb5c387ba73-fa.html) 2011-07-18 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ostrowski_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ostrowski_4-1) Donald Ostrowski *The tamma and the Dual-Administrative Structure of the Mongol Empire* Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, vol. 61, no 2, 1998, p. 262-277 [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0041977X0001380X](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0041977X0001380X)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Abdurishid Yakup, The Turfan Dialect of Uyghur, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005 p. 300

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** See for example the reference to one under the year 1269 in A. N. Nasonov, ed., *Novgorodskaia Pervaia Letopis Starshego i Mladshego Izvodov* (Moscow and Leningrad: AN SSSR, 1950), 319.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Halperin, Charles J.](/source/Charles_J._Halperin) (1987). *Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History*. p. 222. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781850430575](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781850430575). (e-book).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Donald Ostrowski, *Muscovy and the Mongols: Cross-Cultural Influences on the Steppe Frontier, 1304–1589* (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Henry Hoyle Howorth-History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part 2., p.128

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Judith G. Kolbas-The Mongols in Iran: Chingiz Khan to Uljaytu, 1220–1309, p.156

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** "Henthorn, W. E., [Korea: The Mongol Invasions](https://archive.org/stream/koreamongolinvas00hent#page/70/mode/2up), p. 71. Leiden, the Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1963."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** "Henthorn, W. E., [Korea: The Mongol Invasions](https://archive.org/stream/koreamongolinvas00hent#page/72/mode/2up), p. 72. Leiden, the Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1963."

1. **[^](#cite_ref-atwood_13-0)** C.P.Atwood *Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire*, 2004 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0816046719](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0816046719) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0816046713](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0816046713) p. 412.

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