Story 54. Temujin's 8th great-grandfather "Kabichi Baatar" or "Galga Makkhadol" "Buqa"

Story 54. Temujin's 8th great-grandfather "Kabichi Baatar" or "Galga Makkhadol" "Buqa"

 

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"Barim Siratu Kabichi", born as the son of Bozanjar's official wife, was also simply called "Kabichi Baatar". He was the 11th generation descendant of Daeyabal, the 9th generation descendant of Kiyan, and at the same time the 8th great-grandfather of Temujin.

 His "name" recorded in the <Secret History of the Mongols> as "Barim Siratu Kabichi" was a "title" rather than a name. Because <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> records his name as "Buqa".

 This was the same name as “Baekgo (伯固)”, the name of the 8th king of Goguryeo, Sindae-wang-king (新大王), written in Goguryeo style Idu, and the meaning of this Goguryeo name is “eldest one”, and the Mongolianized name “Mongke” is also the name of an ordinary Goguryeo person.

 Mongke Khan, the 4th emperor of the Mongol Empire, was also born as the eldest son of Tolui, the youngest son of Genghis Khan.

 In the end, his name “Buqa” recorded in <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> is a phonetic variation of this name, “eldest one”, so this is his true “name”.

 On the other hand, in contrast to the rather lengthy explanation of the meaning of his name, <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> only wrote a very brief account of Bozhanjar's son, "Buqa."

 『Bozhanjar (Bodonchar) was the third son of Alan Koa, and was the leader and monarch of numerous Mongolian tribes at that time. He was very brave and outstanding. He had two sons, the older one was "Buqa" and the younger one was Buqatai.

 The lineage of Genghis Khan and many Nirun tribes was linked to Buqa, who succeeded his father as his father's successor.

 He had one son named Du'tu'm Menen, and Buqatai also had one son,Na'chin.          This Nachin married a daughter of Mongolian descent and traveled there as their son-in-law.’』

 <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> or <Secret History of Mongolia> do not record anything other than this about “Bokha”’s activities, so we cannot know what activities he did. However, we can infer some of his activities through the fact that his title was “Barim Siratu (-Kavichi).”

 His title is “Barim (八林=巴林) Siratu (斯盧사로=新羅Silla=朝鮮)’s Keogeoch (大氏)”, which is a surname and name.

 His title “Barim Siratu Kabichi” is “Barim (八林, Pallim)”, but the old sound can be written as “Bakari/Bokori = 巴阿里 (Paari)”, a dialect derived from the word meaning “Mukuri = Goguryeo”. This local name is the same as “Baaran (巴林, Parim)”, a place name during the Yao Dynasty, which still remains today. In addition to this word, “-Siratu Kabichi”, that is, “Sira (斯盧사로=新羅=朝鮮)’s Keo (大)-Ga (哥)-Chi (芝)” was added, therefore, this title was added with “Barim (Mukuri) Joseon (朝鮮)’s Dae clan (大氏)”,

 Therefore, this title means “Barim (Mukuri) Joseon (朝鮮)’s Dae clan (大氏) person (ruler)”.

 If so, the hypothesis is established that he served as “Joseon’s Dae clan village chief” in the “Parim (巴林=Mukuri)” land, which is today’s Liaodong and South (Inner) Mongolia. His short title “Kabichi Baatar” was “Ke(大)-Ga(哥)-Chi(芝) Makhadol” in Balhae. Therefore, he was the head of the Dae clan.

Chinggis Khan’s 8th great-grandfather “Barim Siratu Kabichi”, or “Boko” in <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia>, is the 6th generation descendant of “Bohwali=Tusbudau”, the founder of the Korras tribe.

 The Jin royal family Yekiras tribe members of the same lineage were the father of Kagorida (阿骨打, Agolta), Koribor (劾里鉢, Hekribal), and his younger brother Mokjong (穆宗) Kangor (盈哥, Yeongga). They were the 6th generation descendants of Hambo.

 Genghis Khan's 8th great-grandfather, "Boko" of the Korras tribe, was of the same lineage as them, so he was their 14th cousin.

 During this Boko's era, the <Secret History of the Mongols> and <Ginshi, Jin dynasty History> describe the tribes of the "Zarchiud (女眞氏, Jurchen)" lineage moving around chaotically. This situation is due to the conquest activities carried out by Koribor (劾里鉢, Hekribal), the father of Kagolida (阿骨打), and his younger brother Mujong (穆宗) Kangor (盈哥) to unify the various tribes of the Jurchen.

 Regarding the “Boko=Buqa” in this <Secret History of the Mongols>, some scholars believe that this name “Boko” means “Balhae (渤海).”

 However, considering the opinions of the authors of <Goguryeo-Publisher Chinggis Khan>, the evidence seems somewhat weak.

 However, the Turkic-Persian form of this name, “Buqa,” is a name that means “eldest (eldest)=Mongke=Baekgo (伯固, Baekgo, i.e. eldest),” but it could also be an ambiguous name of two names, “Mukuri (Bokori=保活里, Bohwal-ri=Goguryeo).”

 First of all, this name meaning “Mukuri=Bokori=Bohwari(保活里)=Goryeo(高麗)=Muguri(亩俱理)” has been used by many people.

The name of the third king of Goguryeo, Daemusinwang(大武神王) was “Mokuri(無惚?, 무홀)”, and the name of Jang Bogo(張保皐), the maritime king of Goguryeo in the late Silla Dynasty, also used this name, and the name “Tusbudau” in <Jipsa Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia>, or “Bohwari(保活里)” in <Geumsa,Jin Dynasty History> is also the same.

 <San-eo-jap-myeong (梵語雜名)>, a kind of Hindi dictionary from the Tang Dynasty, says, “Goryeo (Goryeo) is Mukuri (亩俱理 Mukuri).” At this time, “Goryeo (高麗)” is of course “Goguryeo (高句麗).”