Merkit

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| native_name = {{MongolUnicode|ᠮᠡᠷᠬᠢᠳ}}

| native_name = {{MongolUnicode|ᠮᠡᠷᠬᠢᠳ}}

| conventional_long_name = Three Mergids

| conventional_long_name = Three Merkits

| common_name = Merkit|

| common_name = Merkit|

| era = [[Post-classical history|Post-classical Central Asia]]

| era = [[Post-classical history]]

| status = [[Nomad]]ic [[Confederation|confederacy]]

| status = [[Nomad]]ic [[Confederation|confederacy]]

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| today = [[Mongolia]]<br>[[Russia]] ([[Buryatia]])|

| today = [[Mongolia]], [[Buryatia]]|

| year_start = 11th century

| year_start = 11th century

| year_end = 1200|

| year_end = 1200|

| p1 = Liao dynasty

| p1 = Liao dynasty

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| p2 = Proto-Mongols

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| religion = [[Shamanism]], [[Syriac Christianity]]

| religion = [[Shamanism]], [[Syriac Christianity]]

| government_type = [[Elective monarchy]]

| government_type = [[Elective monarchy]]

| title_leader = [[Khan (title)|Khan]]

| title_leader = [[Mongolian nobility|Toyon]]

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{{History of Mongolia}}

{{History of Mongolia}}

The '''Merkit''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɜr|k|ɪ|t}}; {{IPA|mn|ˈmircɪt|lang}}; {{lit|Wise Ones}}) was one of the five major [[Confederation|tribal confederations]] of [[Mongol]]<ref name=":MPR">[https://books.google.com/books?id=QvEDAQAAIAAJ&q=The+most+important+Mongolian+tribes+at+that+time+were+the+Khamag+Mongols%2C+the+Jalairs%2C+Taichiuts%2C+Keraits%2C+Merkits%2C+Naimans%2C+etc. History of the Mongolian People's Republic. — Nauka Pub. House, Central Dept. of Oriental Literature, 1973. — p.&nbsp;99.]</ref><ref name=":Tayler">[https://archive.org/details/murderersinmauso00tayl <!-- quote=Merkit a rival Mongol tribe. --> Jeffrey Tayler. Murderers in Mausoleums: Riding the Back Roads of Empire Between Moscow and Beijing.] — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. — p.&nbsp;1. — {{ISBN|9780547523828}}.</ref><ref name=":Spuler">[https://books.google.com/books?id=q8oUAAAAIAAJ&q=Merkit+Mongol+tribe Bertold Spuler. The Muslim world: a historical survey. — Brill Archive, 1969. — p.&nbsp;118.]</ref><ref name=":Gouchinova">[https://books.google.com/books?id=lVNz1wjFVxsC&q=Mongolian+tribes+Merkits%2C+Kereits Elza-Bair Mataskovna Gouchinova. The Kalmyks.] — Routledge, 2013. — p.&nbsp;10. — {{ISBN|9781135778873}}.</ref> in the 12th-century [[Mongolian Plateau]].

The '''Merkit''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɜr|k|ɪ|t}}; {{IPA|mn|ˈmircɪt|lang}}; {{lit|Wise Ones}}) was one of the five major [[Confederation|tribal confederations]] of [[Khamag Mongol|Mongol Khamag]]<ref name=":MPR">[https://books.google.com/books?id=QvEDAQAAIAAJ&q=The+most+important+Mongolian+tribes+at+that+time+were+the+Khamag+Mongols%2C+the+Jalairs%2C+Taichiuts%2C+Keraits%2C+Merkits%2C+Naimans%2C+etc. History of the Mongolian People's Republic. — Nauka Pub. House, Central Dept. of Oriental Literature, 1973. — p.&nbsp;99.]</ref><ref name=":Tayler">[https://archive.org/details/murderersinmauso00tayl <!-- quote=Merkit a rival Mongol tribe. --> Jeffrey Tayler. Murderers in Mausoleums: Riding the Back Roads of Empire Between Moscow and Beijing.] — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. — p.&nbsp;1. — {{ISBN|9780547523828}}.</ref><ref name=":Spuler">[https://books.google.com/books?id=q8oUAAAAIAAJ&q=Merkit+Mongol+tribe Bertold Spuler. The Muslim world: a historical survey. — Brill Archive, 1969. — p.&nbsp;118.]</ref><ref name=":Gouchinova">[https://books.google.com/books?id=lVNz1wjFVxsC&q=Mongolian+tribes+Merkits%2C+Kereits Elza-Bair Mataskovna Gouchinova. The Kalmyks.] — Routledge, 2013. — p.&nbsp;10. — {{ISBN|9781135778873}}.</ref> in the 12th-century [[Mongolian Plateau]].

The Merkits lived in the basins of the [[Selenga River|Selenga]] and lower [[Orkhon River]] (modern south [[Buryatia]] and [[Selenge Province]]).<ref name="HM">History of Mongolia, Volume II, 2003</ref> After a struggle of over 20 years, they were defeated in 1200 by [[Genghis Khan]] and were incorporated into the [[Mongol Empire]].

The Merkits lived in the basins of the [[Selenga River|Selenga]] and lower [[Orkhon River]] (modern south [[Buryatia]] and [[Bulgan Province]]).<ref name="HM">History of Mongolia, Volume II, 2003</ref> After a struggle of over 20 years, they were defeated in 1200 by [[Genghis Khan]] and their lands were incorporated into the [[Mongol Empire]].

== Etymology ==

== Etymology ==