Heishui Mohe

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The Heishui Mohe or Heuksoo Malgal or Black-Water Mohe (Hangul :흑수말갈 Hanja/Hanzi : 黑水靺鞨 pinyin: Hēishuǐ Mòhé), were the most feared among the Mohe tribes. They lived in the northernmost part of Manchuria, on the vicinity of the Amur River banks on the actual Khabarovsk Krai and the northern part of Heilongjiang Province. The southern Heishui Mohe were submitted by King Seon of Balhae who administrated their territory. But most of them remained independent. When the Liao (Khitan) Empire conquered Balhae in 926 :
- the Heishui Mohe tribes that became incorporated into the Liao were called Shu Jurchen (Hangul: 숙여진 Hanja/Hanzi :熟女眞) translitteraly, Tamed or Cooked Jurchens, who were the ancestor of the "Cultured Manchu" : the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Haixi Jurchens
- while the remaining Heishui Mohe tribes , who were not incorporated into the Liao were called Sheng Jurchens (Hangul: 생여진 Hanja/Hanzi :生女眞) translitteraly "Wild" or "Original Jurchens", who were the ancestor of the "Barbarian Manchu" : the Yeren Jurchens.

[edit] Notable Chieftains (酋長)

• Nishuliji (Hangul : 예속리계 or 아속리계 or 아속이계 Sinicized :倪屬利稽 pinyin : Níshǔlìjī) around 722
• 鐵弗由
• 고자라(高子羅), who made a treaty in 921 with Wang Geon, recognizing him as the king of Goryeo by sending him an embassy of 170 men.
• Ayuxian (Hangul : 아어한 Sinicized : 阿於閒 pinyin :Āyúxián)
• 아두타불, an other Chieftain of the Heishui Mohe a contemporary Mohe Chieftain during Hyeonjong of Goryeo's reign