East–west division of the Khalkha Mongols

Name: East–west division of the Khalkha Mongols
Start: 1661
End: 1670

Type Event Region Mongolia Time 1661–1670

In the mid-17th century the Khalkha Mongols formed eastern and western wings, the east led by the Tüsheet Khan and the west by the Jebtsundamba line …

Timeline

1661–1665Around the Tula River · Eastern wingThe Khalkha eastern wing took the Tüsheet Khan as nominal overlord, controlled the eastern pastures north of the Gobi, maintained tributary relations with the Qing, and relied religiously on the Gelug network.
1666–1670Khalkha western wing · Western wingThe Jasagtu, Setsen, and other khanates of the western wing each went their own way; the Jebtsundamba religiously unified part of the western wing, but political integration between east and west remained limited and the divided pattern continued.

Sources

《清史稿·蒙部列传》 (1977)
The Cambridge History of China, Volume 9: The Ch'ing Empire to 1800 — Willard J. Peterson (ed.) (2002)