Ongud

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The Öngüd, or Öngüt, were a Turkic or Mongolic tribe of Nestorian Christian belief, active in Pre-Genghis Mongolia.^[1] They lived in an area lining the Chinese Great Wall, in the northern part of the Ordos and territories to the northeast of it.^[2]

Many famous post-Genghis Mongols are of Öngüd descent, including the patriarch of the Nestorian Church and famous traveler and diplomat, Rabban Sauma. A number of Öngüd were said to have been converted to catholicism by John of Montecorvino.

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[edit] References

• Roux, Jean-Paul, Histoire de l'Empire Mongol, Fayard, ISBN 2213031649

[edit] See also

• List of medieval Mongolian tribes and clans
• History of Mongolia
• Christianity among the Mongols