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The military-administrative system of the Jurchen state Dong Xia (1215—1234) is revealed for the first time in this article, based on written and archaeological sources. This system played a dominant role in creation of the Jurchen state Dong Xia, and later became the prototype of the “eigth-banner army” of the Manchus. Dong Xia’s grassroots military organization was meng’an and mouke, combining military and civil power. These positions were inherited from father to son. Meng’an is a tribal administrative unit, mouke is a birthing unit. Over meng’an and mouke stood temniki subordinated to military headquarters. The military headquarters was subordinate to the military Governor and military administration. Above them rose the Dahulu Yard, dutufun, futun, army General and commander in chief. The entire military-administrative system was headed by two bodies: “the Headquarters of the commander-in-chief“ and “the Supreme privy Council”. The military and administrative structures of the Jin Empire form was based to the Dong Xia’s military and administrative system.

Keywords: Primorye, Dong Xia, Jin, Yuan, Jurchen, military system

Information about author:

Olga Dyakova (Vladivostok, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of Peoples of the Far East, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Pushkinskaya St., 89, Vladivistok, 690000, Russian Federation
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