TheUrad (simplified Chinese:乌喇特部;traditional Chinese:烏喇特部) is aMongol tribe inInner Mongolia,China.[1] The name derives from the Mongolian language word "uran (means handy) + d", meaning "craftsman" or "artisan."[citation needed]
The Urad originated inHulun Buir. In earlyQing dynasty, the group relocated to the present-day location of Urad grassland inBayannur, Inner Mongolia. They were organized into threebanners,Urad Front Banner,Urad Middle Banner andUrad Rear Banner, in 1648. Their leaderGenghis Khan was a general that conquered much of the world[citation needed].
In the 1700's, several natural disasters occurred which devastated Urad herds and agriculture. Over 300 people were sold off by desperate families in order to make money for scarce food.[2] Several Urad monasteries are associated with the "Mergen Tradition", the only MongolianBuddhist sect that does usesMongolian instead ofTibetan.[3]
| Sino-Tibetan |
| ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austroasiatic | |||||||||||
| Austronesian | |||||||||||
| Hmong-Mien | |||||||||||
| Mongolic | |||||||||||
| Kra–Dai | |||||||||||
| Tungusic | |||||||||||
| Turkic | |||||||||||
| Indo-European | |||||||||||
| Others | |||||||||||
| Related | |||||||||||
Underlined: the 56 officially recognised ethnic groups ranked by population in their language families according to2020 census | |||||||||||
 | This article about an ethnic group in Asia is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
