# List of Mongol states

This is a list of Mongol states. The Mongols founded many states such as the vast Mongol Empire and other states. The list of states is chronological but follows the development of different dynasties.

## Pre-modern states

| Name | Years | Area | Capital |
| Khanates in the 10th–12th centuries |||||
| Khamag Mongol Khanate | 900s–1206 | |
| Merkit Khanate | XI–mid XII | |
| Kerait Khanate | −1203 | |
| Naiman Khanate | −1204 | |
| Tatar Khanate | VI—X/(IX – mid XII?) | |
| Mongol Empire |||||
| Mongol Empire | 1206–1368 | 24,000,000 km$^2$ | Avarga (1206–1235) Karakorum (1235–1260) Khanbaliq (1260–1368) |
| Yuan dynasty |||||
| Yuan dynasty | 1271–1368 | 14,000,000 km$^2$ (1310) | Khanbaliq (Dadu, Beijing) |
| Golden Horde (Turco-Mongol) |||||
| Golden Horde | 1240–1502 | 6,000,000 km$^2$ (1310) | Sarai Batu |
| Great Horde | 1466–1502 | | |
| Chagatai Khanate (Turco-Mongol) |||||
| Chagatai Khanate | 1225–1340s | 3,500,000 km$^2$ (1310) | Almaliq Qarshi |
| Western Chagatai Khanate | 1340s–1370 | | |
| Moghulistan | 1340–1462 | | |
| Kara Del Khanate | 1383–1513 | | |
| Turpan Khanate | 1487–1660? | | |
| Yarkent Khanate | 1514–1705 | | |
| Ilkhanate |||||
| Ilkhanate | 1256–1335 | 3,750,000 km$^2$ | Maragha (1256–1265) Tabriz (1265–1306) Soltaniyeh (1306–1335) |
| Chobanids | 1335–1357 | | Tabriz |
| Injuids | 1335–1357 | | Shiraz (Till 1353) Isfahan (1353–1357) |
| Jalayirid Sultanate | 1335–1432 | | Baghdad (Till 1411) Basra (1411–1432) |
| Arghun dynasty | 1479?–1599? | | |
| Genghisid Northern Yuan dynasty |||||
| Northern Yuan | 1368–1635 | 5,000,000 km$^2$ (1550) | Shangdu (1368–1369) Yingchang (1369–1370) Karakorum (1371–1388) |
| Khalkha Khanates (Northern Yuan subject by 1635) | late 16th century–1691 | | Tüsheet Khan, Zasagt Khan, Setsen Khan and Altan Khan of the Khalkha |
| Oirats – Non-Genghisid states |||||
| Four Oirat | 1399–1634 | 1,000,000 km$^2$ (15th – late 16th) ~1,600,000 km$^2$ (early 17th century) | |
| Dzungar Khanate | 1634–1758 | 3,500,000–4,000,000 km$^2$ | Ghulja |
| Khoshut Khanate | 1642?–1717 | ~1,400,000 km$^2$ | |
| Kalmyk Khanate | 1630–1771 | | |
| Timurid states (Persianate Turco-Mongol states) |||||
| Timurid Empire | 1370–1507 | 4,400,000 km$^2$ (1405) | Samarkand (1370–1405) Herat (1405–1507) |
| Mughal Empire | 1526–1857 | 4,000,000 km$^2$ (1700) | Agra (1526–1571) Fatehpur Sikri (1571–1585) Lahore (1585–1598) Agra (1598–1648) Shahjahanabad/Delhi (1648–1857) |
| Other states/Khanate |||||
| Khanate of Sibir | 1468–1598 | | Chimgi-Tura/Qashliq |

## Modern states

| Name | Years | Area | Capital |
| Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Buryats) | 1919–1926 | | In Kizhinginsky District, Buryatia |
| Republic of Oirat-Kalmyk | 1930 | Kalmykia | |
| Inner Mongolian People's Republic | 1945 | Xilin Gol | Sonid |
| Mongolia | 1911–present | 1,564,116 km$^2$ | Ulanbataar |

## Autonomous areas
### In Russia

| Name | Years | Capital | Area |
| State of Buryat-Mongolia | 1917–1921 | Chita | |
| Mongol-Buryat Autonomous Oblast | 1922–1923 | | |
| Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Oblast | 1921–1923 | | |
| Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | 1923–1958 | Ulan-Ude | |
| Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | 1958–1992 | Ulan-Ude | |
| Republic of Buryatia | 1992–present | Ulan-Ude | 351,300 km$^2$ |
| Agin Buryat-Mongol National Okrug | 1937–1958 | Aginskoye | |
| Agin-Buryat National Okrug | 1958–1977 | Aginskoye | |
| Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug | 1977–2008 | Aginskoye | |
| Agin-Buryat Okrug | 2008–present | Aginskoye | 9,600$^2$ |
| Ust-Orda Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Okrug | 1937–1958 | Ust-Ordynsky | |
| Ust-Orda Buryat National Okrug | 1958–1978 | Ust-Ordynsky | |
| Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug | 1978–2008 | Ust-Ordynsky | |
| Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug | 2008–present | Ust-Ordynsky | 22,138$^2$ |
| Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast | 1920–1935 1957–1958 | Astrakhan (till 1928) Elista | |
| Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | 1935–1943 1958–1990 | Elista (Elstei) | |
| Kalmyk Soviet Socialist Republic | 1990–1992 | Elista (Elstei) | |
| Kalmyk Republic-Halmg-Tangch | 1992–1994 | Elista (Elstei) | |
| Kalmyk Republic | 1994–present | Elista (Elstei) | 76,100 km$^2$ |

### In China

| Name | Years | Capital | Area |
| Mengjiang state | 1936–1945 | Kalgan (Khaalgan) | |
| Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region | 1947–present | Hohhot | 1,183,000 km$^2$ |
| Gansu Province |||||
| Subei Mongol Autonomous County | | | |
| Hebei Province |||||
| Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County | | | |
| Heilongjiang Province |||||
| Dorbod Mongol Autonomous County | | | |
| Jilin Province |||||
| Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County | | | |
| Liaoning Province |||||
| Harqin Left Wing Mongolian Autonomous County | | | |
| Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County | | | |
| Qinghai Province |||||
| Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture | | | |
| Henan Mongol Autonomous County | | | |
| Xinjiang Province |||||
| Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | | Korla | 462,700 km$^2$ |
| Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture | | Bortala (Bortal) | |
| Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County | | Hoboksar (Khovogsair) | |