Story 68. The origin of the “Tatar” clan name is the Goguryeo word “Dae-Daero (大對盧)”

 

Story 68. The origin of the “Tatar” clan name is the Goguryeo word                                          “Dae-Daero (大對盧)”

 

Then what is the origin of the “Tatar” clan name?

The origin of “Tatar” is not Mongolian, “Chinese” or “Turkic”. It comes from a government official title used by Goguryeo people and the family of a Goguryeo person who inherited that official position was called the “Tatar” clan.

It comes from the “Goguryeo language” that has been passed down to today’s “Joseon language”. Then, among the various scholars’ views introduced by Zekiev, only one is closest to Dr. Kwon’s perspective. That is, “the famous Khiva Khan and historian Ebu’l Gazi said that the word Tatar was initially used as a personal name (antroponim), but later took on the form of a clan name.”

 Why is the statement of the ancient figure, “Khiba Khan Abul Gazi,” more similar to Dr. Kwon’s answer than the opinions of many scholars today?

 There is a good reason for this. Hive Hani Ebu’l Gazi Bahadir Han, who wrote the history books <Turk ​​genealogy The Shajarat Ul Atrak> and <Hibehan Evegazi Bahadirhan’s Turk genealogy>, is a descendant of the “Mogol” family, which is from the same tribe and lineage as the “Tatars.” Because of this, he knew his ancestors and the history of his family very well.

 But where on earth is the basis for this new perspective? To see that, we must first look at the two-stage discussion. First, “Khiba Khan (Hive hani) Abul Gazi (Ebu’l Gazi)” said that the word “Tatar” was initially a “personal name (antroponim).” As he said, it was a “official title” that was also used as a “name of a person (antroponim).”

The title came to be used as “the title of a famous person in Goguryeo, the title of a family line”, in line with the view that Abulgazi Khan viewed it as a “tribal title”. Therefore, depending on how broadly or narrowly we define the term “the title of a family, a lineage,” it may be exactly the same as the perspective of “the name (antroponim)” that Abul Ghazi Khan spoke of.

 That “the title of a family, a lineage named after a famous person of Goguryeo” is none other than the “Goguryeo Dae- Daero (大對盧) Gaesomun (蓋蘇文) family” or “the family of Dae Daero Gaegeum (蓋金).” That is the “race derived from the name of a person called Tatar” that Abul Ghazi Khan spoke of. If so, the etymology of the “Tatar” race title is the story of the Goguryeo word “Dae-ro (大對盧).”

 

                                                   Tatars inhabited in Russia/ Namuwiki,Google

          

    Paintings of Tatar in Siberia,Creamian Tatars and Tatars in Volgar/Namuwiki,Google

Episode 1. The “Tatar (大對盧)” family from the same family as “Mogol (Malgal)”

 The etymology of the “Tatar” race title is the Goguryeo word Let’s look at the possibility that “Dae-Daero (大對盧)” and “Tatar tribe” originally referred to the “Dae-daero family” of Goguryeo, but later came to refer to the subjects and people led by this family.

In relation to this, let’s first look at a part of <사국사, Taikh-I Arba' Ulus, 四汗國, Four Khan Countries> that provides the same basis as Abul Ghazi Khan’s statement that the word “Tatar” was initially an “antroponim”. That is the “Record of Al-Muzanna Kon, son of Turk Kon, son of Abul-ja Kon, son of Guyuk Kon, son of Joppas, to whom peace dwells” that I will introduce shortly.

 For some reason, <집사, Tarikh-e Monghul, Collected History of Mongolia> did not record it, but there is a legend-like story in the record under this title.

There is a story that two branches of the same father's family, the "8th Tatar Khan" and the "9th Mogol Khan", were born. It is noteworthy that these are the two branches of the highest lineage of Genghis Khan that came from the same father.

 <A General History of the Turks, Moguls, and Tatars, Vulgarly called Tartars together with a Description of the Countries they inhabited (London, M.DCC.XXX,1730)> and other historical books call him “Alanza Chan” and <사국사 Taikh-I Arba' Ulus, 四汗國, Four Khan Countries> records him as “Almujanna Kon”.

 Two sons were born from the same womb. One son was “Totor”, who became “Totor Kon”, or “Tatar Khan (Khan)” in <Turkic Genealogy> and other expressions, and the second son “Mogol” became “Mogol Kon”, or “Mogol Khan (Khan)”.

After that, there were eight khans in total for the “Tatar Khan,” and the last of them was “Sewinchi Khon.” He is also called “Suyunji Han (Khan)” in other historical books. It was during this time that he waged war against the clan of the ninth “El Khon (Il Khan)” of the “Mogol Khan” and annihilated the subjects of that clan.

 That is the famous “Great War between the Turks and the Mogol Tribe” in <Tarikh-e Monghul, 集史 History of Mongolia> and the “Great War between the Tatars and the Mogol Tribe” in <Taikh-i Arba' Ulus, 四汗國, Four Khan Countries>. The brother line that annihilated the “Mogol” line in this war was none other than the “Tatar” family.

 So who exactly are these Tatar tribes, or rather, those who should be called the “Tatar family”?

 Episode 2. The genealogy of the Tatar family (from generation to generation) as seen in the legend of “Tatar Eight Khans” and “Mogol Nine Khans”

 Now let’s look at the text of <사국사 Taikh-I Arba' Ulus, 四汗國, Four Khan Countries>. The “Tatar” family that completely destroyed the “Mogol” family is clearly the sibling family of the Mogol family.

 『 The Record of Almujannah Kon, Son of Turk Kon, Son of Abulja Kon, Son of Guyuk Kon, Son of Joppas, Where Peace Is Resting

 After Almujannah Kon took the throne of the country, he devoted his efforts to the rituals of the ruler and to governing the affairs of the country.

During his time, grace flowed to the Turks. Livestock, property, pride, and wealth, the rhythm of the tune became like grace given to the pagans, and at the same time, they deviated from the right path.

They abandoned their religion and nation. They walked the path of evil deeds and sins. Thus they all became pagans.

 In this way, after some time, two sons were born to Almuzanna Kon from the same womb. The first was called Totor. The second was called Mogol.

 The two sons grew up to be able to lead the government. Almuzanna Kon thought that each of his sons was fit to rule the country. He divided the kingdom among his sons. Half went to Totor and the other half to Mogol. After their father died, these two led their clans and subjects in harmony.

After some time, they were divided into two peoples. The first was called Totor, and the second was called Mogol.

 Record of the Totor Genealogy

 According to the historians, the Totors were divided into eight generations. One was Totor Kon, the first of the Totor lords. The second was Bucu Kon, the son of Totor Kon, who took his father's place and led the power of the Totor clans. He became the master of the share of his ancestors.

 The third was the son of Peaceful Joppas, the son of Turk Kon, the son of Abulja Kon, the son of Dibakui Kon, the son of Kuyuk Kon, the son of Almujanna Kon, the son of Totor Kon, the son of Buko Kon, Almujanna Kon, who followed his father and devoted himself to leading the country.

 When Buko Kon's son Almujanna Kon passed away, his son Ansil Kon, who is also called Alaiyri Kon by some, became the fourth.

 The son of Buko Kon, the son of Almujanna Kon, the son of Buko Kon, Ansil Kon became the ruler of the country. At the end of his life, he passed from the world of existence to the world of nothingness.

 The fifth was Etsiz Kon, the son of Ansil Kon, who became Podshoho.

The sixth was Odu Kon, the son of Etsiz Kon, who succeeded his father as the king of Totor Ulus.

 The seventh, Boydu Kon, son of Odu Kon, became king of his own tribe, and because he was more powerful and famous than his father, he led his army to the border of the Mogul Ulus. There was a feud between them.

 The eighth, Sewinchi Kon, son of Boydu Kon, was the last of the Totor lords. When the reign came to him, the fire of strife and hostility spread like flames, and there was no need for fundamental reconciliation.'

                                          [Almujannah Kon]

↙         ↘

[Totor Kon/Progenitor of the Tatars]     [Mogol Kon/Progenitor of the Mogols]

↓                                                                                    ↓

[Buko Kon]                                                       [Kora Kon]

↓                                                                                ↙        ↘

[Almujannah Kon]                                     [Kun Kon]    [Oi Kon]

[Ansil Kon]                                                                            [Yulduz Kon]

[Etsis Kon]                                                                            [Mangli Kon]

[Odu Kon]                                                                             [Tengiz Kon]

[Boydu Kon]                                                                        [El Kon]

[Sewinchi Kon]                                                                  [Kayon]

((Tatar 8 Khans))                                                          ((Mogol 9 Khans))

 If you look at this <사국사 Taikh-I Arba' Ulus, 四汗國, Four Khan Countries>, you can see that “Mogol” or “Tatar (Totor)” was originally the name of twin sons born from one father, and the names of these sons were later used as titles for two family lines from one ancestor, and later changed to the names of two tribes, the Dot tribe name.

 If so, what “Abul Ghazi Khan” said about the origin of the “Tatar tribe” is absolutely correct. At the same time, it is natural that Zekiev said that “since the tribe name Tatar became widely spread in connection with the Mongol conquest, he tried to explain it with the help of Mongolian language, but he could not find this word among the Mongolian etymologies.” This is because the etymology of this tribe name was originally “Goguryeo language.”

 “Tatar” is the official title “Dae-Dae-ro (大對盧)” in the Eastern history books such as the <North History (北史)>. Of course, this official title also appears in other history books such as the “Gorye-jeon (高麗傳)” in the <Old Book of Tang (舊唐書)>. This Goguryeo official title “Dae-Daero (大對盧) Gaesomun (蓋蘇文)” was used as the name of a village that included the people of the family, and later changed to the “name of a tribe.”

 The reason why this Goguryeo official title “Dae-Daero (大對盧)” gradually came to be used as the name of a people in the Turkic region of Central Asia is because the historical relationship this family had with the Turkic people of Central Asia today changed over time.