著者

ブレンソド(斉英)

出版者

内陸アジア史学会

雑誌

内陸アジア史研究 (ISSN:09118993)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.28, pp.53-74, 2013-03-31 (Released:2017-10-10)

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In this article, as a part of the study on the social structure of the Qing era Mongolian banners, the author discusses the way of assigning "da tabunangs (chief tabunangs)" and their functions in the Qaracin banners of Inner Mongolia. In the Qaracin banners "da tabunangs" were assigned to each sub-group of tabunangs who belonged to the same patrilineal line. The author studied the duties of "da tabunangs" by classifying them into two categories: duties at ordinary times and duties at the time when legal actions were launched. During ordinary times, "da tabunangs" performed such duties as compiling and reporting the genealogical tables of the tabunangs under their jurisdiction and reporting the names of tabunangs who "left home to become monks", heirs of noble titles and the financers of the emperor. Furthermore, they were responsible for reporting and investigating tabunangs' criminal actions and inquiring into the presence of tabunangs who defected from their communities or who gave shelter to illegal Chinese immigrants. On the other hand, on the occasions when legal actions were launched, they were obliged to conduct investigations into relations to tabunangs for the banner court. Then it was observed that da tabunangs were dispatched for cases where a tabunang was on trial, while, for a commoner's case a commoner officer was sent. In other words, the officer responsible for investigation was selected and appointed based on his social rank. This means that the administrative system of Qaracin Mongols reflected their social structure, which consisted of noble tabunangs and their commoner subjects