Story 56. The story of the massacre of the eight brothers of Kaido, the 6th great-grandfather of Temujin, by the Jalair tribe

 

Story 56. The story of the massacre of the eight brothers of Kaido, the 6th great-grandfather of Temujin, by the Jalair tribe

 

Dotom Menen, the “7th great-grandfather of Genghis Khan”, as mentioned in <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia>,is believed to have died relatively young, in his early 40s. He and his wife, “Molnolun,” had nine sons, among whom the youngest, Kaido, who survived the Jalair tribe’s attack, became the 6th great-grandfather of Genghis Khan. Kaido was the 13th great-grandson of Yabal and the 11th great-grandson of Kiyan.

                  Khitan- Namuwiki,  Google

 Episdoe 1. The massacre of Kaido, also known as Haedu and Haedu, by the Jalair tribe

 During the time of Kaido and his brothers, a legendary massacre occurred to the ancestors of Genghis Khan. This incident should have been written around verse 46 in the description of <the Secret History of the Mongols>. However, for some reason, this incident was not recorded there at all.

 In contrast, the “Record of Dotom Menen, his son Kaido Khan, and his sons” in <the Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> recorded this incident.

 “When the brothers of Kaido Khan, the 6th great-grandfather of Genghis Khan, were killed by the Galair people, he and his descendants escaped from there and settled in a region of Mongolia.” Because of this incident, Kaido and his party left their original homeland and migrated to another region far away.

 Why and what kind of catastrophe happened to the ancestors of Genghis Khan during the time of Dotom Menen’s wife, “Monolun”? At that time, the “Monolun” woman and her family of nine sons “had their dwellings and pastures in the places called Nush Ergi and Kuh-i Siyah, and some Mongols called Jalair - Durilikin - some tribes lived in the Keluren region, and there were 70,000 households [about 350,000 people].” “This Keluren is close to the Kitai region, so the Kitai were always at war with them and other Mongol tribes.” However, once “a large number of soldiers came from Kitai to attack them and annihilate the Jalair tribe completely, killing even children as tall as a horse whip, and plundering their goods and livestock.” 

Among the Jalayir groups, 70 households of a tribe that had been isolated in a corner where the enemy could not reach fled in a corner, ∙∙∙ they came near the house of Monolun, wife of Dotom Menen, and, unable to overcome their hunger, dug up and ate the roots of the su’du’sun grass, and made the ground a bumpy mess.

When Monolun saw this, she scolded and protested, saying, “Have you ruined the place where my children play?” Then the Jalayir people got angry and killed Monolun, and they also killed all eight of her sons who had been waiting in ambush on the road and had gone to another place to take their sons-in-law.

 At this time, the youngest son, Kaido, was the son-in-law of the Kenbe’ut tribe, and his uncle, Nachin, had also gone to that tribe as the son-in-law of that tribe before him. When Nachin learned of the incident committed by Jalair and the story of his cousin's sons, he hid and protected Kaido in a jar that the Mongols used to store kumiz.

 Later, other Jalair tribesmen heard of this tragedy and captured the 70 murderers. They then rebuked them for "performing such a terrible act without consulting their brothers." Furthermore, as punishment for their crime, they killed all of them and made their wives and children hereditary servants of Kaido.

 After this just outcome, Nachin and Kaido moved far away together, Kaido settling in Barqu'jin To'k'um on the border of Mongolia, and Nachin settling in the lower reaches of the Onan River. This incident was the massacre of the Kaido brothers, ancestors of Genghis Khan, by the Jalair tribesmen.

 Episode 2. The era, place, and background of the Kaido brothers' massacre

 "Dotom Menen" is the 7th generation descendant of Bohwalri (Tusbudau), so in the genealogy of the Yekiras tribe, he is in the same lineage as the 7th generation descendants of Hambo, Kagorida (Agolta) and Gogorigai (Ogeolmae Ogeolmae) brothers. However, unlike the other two brother tribes, the Korras tribe seems to have adopted the practice of early marriage, as shown in the case of Genghis Khan.

 With this fact in mind, "Dotom Menen" seems to have been born and lived earlier than Kagorida (Agolta) in terms of lineage, even though he is the same generation as Kagorida (Agolta).

 "Dotom Menen" may have lived during the era of Korbor (Haeglibal), the father of Kagorida (Agolta), who is a cousin of the same lineage, and his grandfather, Gyeongjo Kogorai (Ogorae).

 That “Dotom Menen” died early, and his wife Monorun and eight sons were killed by the “Jalair tribe” who were driven out by the “Khitai people”. Only the youngest “Kaido” survived with the help of his uncle “Nachin” and moved to Mongolia with Nachin.

However, the “Khitai people” who attacked the “Jalair tribe” were not necessarily the “Khitan people”,

 As seen in several passages and contexts of <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia>, in fact, it can refer to the uncles of “Zhaosin people” Kagorida (Agolta) and Mujong (穆宗) Kenggor (Yingga) under the “Yao” kingdom. This is because they were fighting a war to conquer the Chosin tribe to unite the Chosin tribe before opposing the Liao dynasty of the “Kitain” at that time.

 The second possibility is that it was a war between 1107 and 1109 when Yun Gwan attacked the Chosin tribe and established the “Six Garrisons” and “Nine Castles.” The “Kitain” actually refers to the “Goryeo people” at that time.

 Then, in 1115, a war broke out between the “Khitan” of the Liao Dynasty and the Ong Khan clan (完顔部, Wanyan clan) of the Josin clan (女眞部族).

 It is possible that the “Khitan” came to attack the “Jalair clan”, a part of the “Josin clan”, during this third war. Roughly as a result of one of these three wars, the villagers of Yala (耶懶), that is, the Khorai clan (曷懶甸, Galajeon), who were cornered, entered the area where the wife of Genghis Khan’s 7th great-grandfather Dotom Menen lived, and massacred her sons.

 This fact is suggested by the title of Kaido’s 5th cousin, Ajebi “Nachin (-Baatar).”

This name is a name/title that refers to “Najin (羅津)” in North Hamgyong Province. Also, the “Jalair tribe” is the villagers of the “Yara (耶懶)” region of the <Geumsa, Jin Dynasty History>, and in other words, “the villagers of the Korai land (曷懶甸, Galajeon)”, which is also the Mongolian-Turkic sound of the tribe name recorded as “Yarair (押剌伊而, Abral-iyi) Bu (county 部)” in the <Wonsa, Yuan Dynasty History>, because it refers to the people of today’s “Hamheung”.

 If Genghis Khan's 6th great-grandfather "Dotom Menen" lived in the same era as his cousin Kagorida (Agolta), the persecution of the Zalairi tribe by the Kitai was a war between the Kagorida of the Joseon Dynasty and the Kitai of the Liao Dynasty.

 However, if Dotom Menen lived in the era of Kagorida's father Korbor (Hakribal) and grandfather Gyeongjo Kogorai (Ogorae), this is the Ong Khanbu's war to unify Joseon Dynasty.' "When the brothers of Genghis Khan's 6th great-grandfather Kaido Khan were killed by the Zalairi, he and his uncle escaped from there and settled in a region of Mongolia." Soon after this incident, Kaido and his party left their original homeland, “Nush Ergi and Black Mountain (Kuh-I Siyah)” and moved to a distant other Mongolia.