Mingghan

{{Short description|Mongol regiment of 1,000 men}} The '''mingghan''' (Uzbek: Minggʻan, {{langx|khk|мянгат|Myangat}}) was a social-military unit of 1,000 households created by Genghis Khan. From this group could be recruited a regiment of 1,000 men. It is part of the ancient method of organization developed by Eurasian nomads based on the decimal system.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Genghis Khan and the Building of the Mongol Empire|last=Lusted|first=Marcia Amidon|date=2017|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=9781499463521|location=New York|pages=32}}</ref> A ''tumen'', which included 10,000 households and soldiers,<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Conquests of Genghis Khan|last=Behnke|first=Alison|date=2008|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|isbn=9780822575191|location=Minneapolis, MN|pages=61}}</ref> was the largest group and it was divided into ten ''mingghan''.<ref name=":0" /> A ''mingghan'' was made up of 10 ''jaghun''s<ref name=":1" /> or 100 ''arbans''.<ref>Franke, Herbert, Denis Twitchett and John King Fairbank. (1994) ''The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 710–1368.'' Cambridge University Press. pp.345.</ref> An account cited that once he becomes a guard, a ''mingghan'' commander's son has to bring a younger brother and 10 other men to serve with him.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the World|last=Hartog|first=Leo De|date=2004|publisher=Tauris Parke Paperbacks|isbn=1860649726|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/genghiskhanconqu00hart/page/45 45]|url=https://archive.org/details/genghiskhanconqu00hart/page/45}}</ref>

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