Bugunuty

According to the “ Secret Tale of the Mongols ”, the origin of the Bugunuts is as follows ^[1] :

• Borte Chino , born by the will of the High Heaven. His wife was Goa-Maral , their descendant was Bata-Chigan.
• The son of Bata Chigan is Tamach.
• The son of Tamachi is Horichar Mergen.
• The son of Horichar-Mergan is Aujam-Boroule.
• The son of Aujam-Boroule is Sali Hachau.
• The son of Sali Hachau is Eke-Nidun.
• The son of Yeke-Nidun is Sim-Sochi.
• The son of Sim-Sochi is Kharchu.
• Kharchu's son, Borchzhigidai-Mergen, was married to Mongolzhin-goa.
• The son of Borchzhigidai-Mergen - Torogolchzhin-Bayan-was married to Borokhchin-goa.
• Sons of Torogolchzhin: Duva-Sohor and Dobun-Mergen.
• Dobun-Mergan married Alan-goa , the daughter of Khori-Tumatsky Khorilartay-Mergan, who was born in Arich-Usun. Entering the house of Dobun-Mergan, Alan-goa gave birth to two sons.
  • They were Bugunotay and Belgunotay.
• After the death of Dobun-Mergan, Alan-goa , being husbandless, gave birth to three sons from Maalikh Bayudayts.
  • They were: Bugu-Khadagi, Bukhatu-Salzhi and Bodonchar-simpleton.
• Belgunotai became the ancestor of the Belgunot tribe.
• Bugunotay became the ancestor of the Bugunot tribe.
• Bugu Khatagi became the founder of the Khatagi tribe.
• Bukhutu-Salzhi became the founder of the Salzhiut tribe.
• Bodonchar became the ancestor of the generation of Borzhigin , from whom Genghis Khan descended.

In the middle of the XVIII century. in the Dzungaria, among the 24 outflows, there was one outflow of bogunut. At the time described, the Bugunut clan consisted of 2,000 families, which were controlled by the Zaisan appointed by the Khan. For resistance to the Manchu troops invading Dzungaria , most of the bogunuts were exterminated by the Qing authorities, and the survivors were deported to different places. So, in 1755, five Bugunut families were attached to zakhchin ^[2] . Subsequently, the ancient Bugunut, being part of the Oirat Union, especially during the Manchu conquests, decreased significantly and were scattered everywhere. The genus of the Bugunut among the Derbets and Zakhchins has the stigma of degrae. The ethnonym Bogunut was formed by attaching the plural affix -nүүd (nügüd) to the word bőgű (wise) - bögü + nügüd> bügünüd ^[3] .

Currently, the Bugunuts live in the Mongolian derbets in the somons Sagil, Davst, Bhkhmөrөn, Khovd, Tarialan, ,mnөgov and Өlgiy Ubsunur aimag, somon Durgen and Manhan of the Kobdos aimag ^[4] . Bugunuts were noted in the composition of the zakhchins of Mongolia ^[5] , as well as among the southern Mongols : Baarins and Hashigtenes in the territory of Inner Mongolia ^{[6] [7]} .