Tanguts

The traditional religion of the Tanguts was a blend of a non-Confucian type of ancestor worship with the form of shamanism and Tengrism followed by most Central Asian people associated with the Mongolian steppes.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 16 Analysis of the Siege of Khotan 2006

In the course of the third and second centuries B.C. the group of the Ti, mainly living in the territory of the present Szechwan, had mixed extensively with remains of the Yüeh-chih; the others, the Ch'iang, were northern Tibetans or so-called Tanguts; that is to say, they contained Turkish and Mongol elements.

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

The Tanguts are a nomadic people in northeastern Tibet, and almost every second Tangut is also a robber.

From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

The Mongols had borrowed the Chinese title from the Tanguts.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons 2009

The Tanguts then became a vassal state of the growing Mongol Empire, required to support the Khan in his military efforts.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons 2009

Upon receiving the news of the Mongol campaign against the Tanguts, the rulers of the various states within Tibet sent a combined delegation to Chinggis Khan to declare their submission.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons 2009

The Mongols attacked the Tanguts in 1206 and finally defeated them in 1211.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons 2009

In granting this title to a Tibetan lama, Khubilai was following the example set by the Tanguts of the region that he had governed since 1251.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons 2009

The Tibetans requested that Sakya Pandita return to Central Tibet, but as Godan was treating him well, and feeling that his presence among the Mongols and local Uighurs, Tanguts, and Chinese was more valuable, he excused himself and remained.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons 2009

The local Tanguts and Yellow Yugurs living there followed predominantly the Tibetan forms of Buddhism.

A Survey of Tibetan History ��� 3 Tibetan Lamas and Mongol Patrons 2009