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History of the Oirats in the 15th - 16th century
Dordzhieva, Yulia ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Šatava, Leoš (referee)
The Bachelor work History of the Oirats in the 15th - 16th century introduces the issue of history of Mongolian-speaking groups. Work focuses particularly on the West Mongolian tribes of the Oirats. The ethno "Orates" was a general name of several groups of related tribes, who lived in the historic area of West Mongolia (today, the northern part of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China). Bachelor thesis aims to highlight issues of ethno genesis and historical facts of Orate tribes from the late 14th - early 17th century. The 15th - 16th century was generally regarded as a period of political crisis after the fall of strong successor empires of the Genghis Khan's state in the Central Asian region. There were often conflicts of power between the ruling dynasties and families. Power rivalry was manifested very clearly. There were frequent mutual struggles for control of territory or the acquisition of central positions in the ruling states. The 14th - early 15th century West Mongolian tribes joined together into one power- political entity, which appears in historical literature called the Oirat tribal federation - Derben Oirat (in Kalmyk Dörven-öörd, i.e. "Four Close"). The Oirat tribal association was composed of four main tribes: the Züngars (royal family Chorose), the Derbets, the Torgouts...

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