Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . fthe Manchu dynasty, and the fall of the Mongols, theUriankhai passed under the suzerainty of the Emperorat Pekin, and ever since they have been under theadministration of a Chinese official of military rank, resi-dent at Uliassutai. They differ, however, from othervassal tribes in that their chiefs are not considered ofmuch account, and do not pay homage in person tothe Emperor at Pekin. For each separate tribe there is a Noyon, or localchief, who is responsible for the taxes of his section andfor the
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . fthe Manchu dynasty, and the fall of the Mongols, theUriankhai passed under the suzerainty of the Emperorat Pekin, and ever since they have been under theadministration of a Chinese official of military rank, resi-dent at Uliassutai. They differ, however, from othervassal tribes in that their chiefs are not considered ofmuch account, and do not pay homage in person tothe Emperor at Pekin. For each separate tribe there is a Noyon, or localchief, who is responsible for the taxes of his section andfor the local government of the people under his Noyons of the minor tribes—the Toji, Saljak,Oina, and Mardi—are responsible to the chief Noyon ofthe Kemchik tribe, whose precedence is recognizedthroughout the basin, and who, in his turn, is directlyresponsible to the official of Uliassutai for the taxationand affairs of the whole Uriankhai people. Some writerssay that there is another intermediary between the chiefof the Kemchik and the Uliassutai official, in the person ? ?. URIANKHAI TYPES,Ala-su encampment.
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