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The Asud (Mongolian Cyrillic: Асуд, IPA: /ˈasʊt/) were a military group of Alani origin. The Mongol clan Asud is the plural of As, the Arabic name for the Alans.^[1]

Against the Alans and the Cumans (Kipchaks), the Mongols used divide and conquer tactics by first telling the Cumans to stop allying with the Alans and after the Cumans followed their suggestion the Mongols then attacked the Cumans^[2] after defeating the Alans.^[3] Alans were recruited into the Mongol forces with one unit called "Right Alan Guard" which was combined with "recently surrendered" soldiers, Mongols, and Chinese soldiers stationed in the area of the former Kingdom of Qocho and in Besh Balikh the Mongols established a Chinese military colony led by Chinese general Qi Kongzhi (Ch'i Kung-chih).^[4] Alan and Kipchak guards were used by Kublai Khan.^[5] In 1368 at the end of the Yuan dynasty in China Toghan Temür was accompanied by his faithful Alan guards.^[6] Mangu enlisted in his bodyguard half the troops of the Alan prince, Arslan, whose younger son Nicholas took a part in the expedition of the Mongols against Karajang (Yunnan). This Alan imperial guard was still in existence in 1272, 1286 and 1309, and it was divided into two corps with headquarters in the Ling pei province (Karakorúm).^[7] In 1254 Rubruquis found a Russian deacon amongst the other Christians at Karakoram. The reason why the earlier Persian word tersa was gradually abandoned by the Mongols in favour of the Syro - Greek word arkon, when speaking of Christians, manifestly is that no specifically Greek Church was ever heard of in China until the Russians had been conquered; besides, there were large bodies of Russian and Alan guards at Peking throughout the last half of the thirteenth and first half of the fourteenth century, and the Catholics there would not be likely to encourage the use of a Persian word which was most probably applicable in the first instance to the Nestorians they found so degenerated.^[8] The Alan guards converted to Catholicism as reported by Odorico.^[9] Alans were converted to Roman Catholic Christianity in addition to Armenians in China by John of Montecorvino.

After the Mongol invasion of Rus, many Alans submitted to the Mongol Empire. Some of them resisted the Golden Horde longer. Many warriors moved from Northern Caucasia to Mongolia. It is also claimed that they helped their new masters to fight against the Circassians and that they participated in the Mongol invasion of Europe. Under the rule of Möngke Khan, many were brought east to fight against the Chinese Song Dynasty and Kingdom of Dali in Yunnan in 1258-1259. The Alan imperial guard was divided into two corps with headquarters in Karakorum.

After the coronation of Kublai Khan, those Alans participated in the campaign against Ariq Böke and later Qaidu under the Yuan Dynasty. They suffered heavy losses from Song resistance when they were under the command of Bayan of the Baarin and Aju.

Kublai Khan organized them into the Jasin guard (Alan guard) of 3,000 soldiers around 1271, along with some of the Kipchaks^{[citation needed]}. The Alani guard reached its peak during the reign of Tugh Temür and their number expanded to 30,000.^{[citation needed]} During the 15-16th centuries, they formed part of the Yungshebiyu tumen in central Inner Mongolia and the Asud were large tribe of Southern Mongolia^{[citation needed]}.

Today, there are few people with the clan name Asud in Ar Khorchin banner, Inner Mongolia. Mongolian Asuds live in Ulaanbaatar, Dundgovi, Töv and other aimags.^[10]

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^ Foltz, Richard (2022). The Ossetes: Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 50-1. ISBN 9780755618453.
^ Sinor, Denis. 1999. “The Mongols in the West”. Journal of Asian History 33 (1). Harrassowitz Verlag: 1–44. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933117.
^ Halperin, Charles J. 2000. “The Kipchak Connection: The Ilkhans, the Mamluks and Ayn Jalut”. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 63 (2). Cambridge University Press: 235. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1559539.
^ Morris Rossabi (1983). China Among Equals: The Middle Kingdom and Its Neighbors, 10th-14th Centuries. University of California Press. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-0-520-04562-0.
^ David Nicolle (January 2004). The Mongol Warlords: Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Hulegu, Tamerlane. Brockhampton Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-86019-407-8.
^ Arthur Thomas Hatto (1991). Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi. Peter de Ridder Press. p. 36.
^ Sir Henry Yule (1915). Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Asian Educational Services. pp. 187–. ISBN 978-81-206-1966-1.
^ Edward Harper Parker (1905). China and religion. E.P. Dutton. pp. 232–. alan guard mongols.
^ Lauren Arnold (1999). Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West, 1250-1350. Desiderata Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-9670628-0-8.
^ Үндэсний Статистикийн Хороо. Асуд.

[1] Foltz, Richard (2022). The Ossetes: Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 50-1. ISBN 9780755618453.

[2] Sinor, Denis. 1999. “The Mongols in the West”. Journal of Asian History 33 (1). Harrassowitz Verlag: 1–44. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933117.

[3] Halperin, Charles J. 2000. “The Kipchak Connection: The Ilkhans, the Mamluks and Ayn Jalut”. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 63 (2). Cambridge University Press: 235. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1559539.

[Rossabi1983-4] Morris Rossabi (1983). China Among Equals: The Middle Kingdom and Its Neighbors, 10th-14th Centuries. University of California Press. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-0-520-04562-0.

[Nicolle2004-5] David Nicolle (January 2004). The Mongol Warlords: Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Hulegu, Tamerlane. Brockhampton Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-86019-407-8.

[Hatto1991-6] Arthur Thomas Hatto (1991). Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi. Peter de Ridder Press. p. 36.

[Yule1915-7] Sir Henry Yule (1915). Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Asian Educational Services. pp. 187–. ISBN 978-81-206-1966-1.

[Parker1905-8] Edward Harper Parker (1905). China and religion. E.P. Dutton. pp. 232–. alan guard mongols.

[Arnold1999-9] Lauren Arnold (1999). Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West, 1250-1350. Desiderata Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-9670628-0-8.

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-The '''Asud''' ([[Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet|Mongolian Cyrillic]]: {{lang|khk-Cyrl|Асуд}}, [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: /{{IPA|ˈasʊt|}}/) were a military group of [[Alani]] origin. The [[Mongol]] clan Asud is the plural of As, the Arabic name for the [[Alans]].
+The '''Asud''' ([[Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet|Mongolian Cyrillic]]: {{lang|khk-Cyrl|Асуд}}, [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: /{{IPA|ˈasʊt|}}/) were a military group of [[Alans|Alani]] origin. The [[Mongol]] clan Asud is the plural of As, the Arabic name for the [[Alans]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Foltz|first=Richard|title=The Ossetes: Modern-Day Scythians of the Caucasus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZswEAAAQBAJ |year=2022 |location=London |publisher=Bloomsbury, pp. 50-1.  |isbn=9780755618453|author-link=Richard Foltz }}</ref>
-Against the Alans and the Cumans (Kipchaks), the Mongols used divide and conquer tactics by first telling the Cumans to stop allying with the Alans and after the Cumans followed their suggestion the Mongols then attacked the Cumans<ref>SINOR, DENIS. 1999. “THE MONGOLS IN THE WEST”. Journal of Asian History 33 (1). Harrassowitz Verlag: 1–44. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933117.</ref> after defeating the Alans.<ref>Halperin, Charles J.. 2000. “The Kipchak Connection: The Ilkhans, the Mamluks and Ayn Jalut”. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 63 (2). Cambridge University Press: 235. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1559539.</ref> Alans were recruited into the Mongol forces with one unit called "Right Alan Guard" which was combined with "recently surrendered" soldiers, Mongols, and Chinese soldiers stationed in the area of the former [[Kingdom of Qocho]] and in [[Beshbalik|Besh Balikh]] the Mongols established a Chinese military colony led by Chinese general Qi Kongzhi (Ch'i Kung-chih).<ref name="Rossabi1983">{{cite book|author=Morris Rossabi|title=China Among Equals: The Middle Kingdom and Its Neighbors, 10th-14th Centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNpD5UKmkswC&pg=PA255&dq=alan+guard+mongols#q=alan%20guard%20mongols|year=1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04562-0|pages=255–}}</ref> Alan and Kipchak guards were used by Kublai Khan.<ref name="Nicolle2004">{{cite book|author=David Nicolle|title=The Mongol Warlords: Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Hulegu, Tamerlane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgQXAQAAIAAJ&q=alan+guard+mongols&dq=alan+guard+mongols|date=January 2004|publisher=Brockhampton Press|isbn=978-1-86019-407-8|page=85}}</ref> In 1368 at the end of the Yuan dynasty in China Toghan Temür was accompanied by his faithful Alan guards.<ref name="Hatto1991">{{cite book|author=Arthur Thomas Hatto|author-link=Arthur Thomas Hatto|title=Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxRpAAAAMAAJ&q=alan+guard+mongols&dq=alan+guard+mongols|year=1991|publisher=Peter de Ridder Press|page=36}}</ref> ''Mangu enlisted in his bodyguard half the troops of the Alan prince, Arslan, whose younger son Nicholas took a part in the expedition of the Mongols against Karajang (Yunnan). This Alan imperial guard was still in existence in 1272, 1286 and 1309, and it was divided into two corps with headquarters in the Ling pei province (Karakorúm).''<ref name="Yule1915">{{cite book|author=Sir Henry Yule|title=Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMIWlq6JeccC&pg=PA187&dq=alan+guard+mongols#q=alan%20guard%20mongols|year=1915|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1966-1|pages=187–}}</ref> ''In 1254 Rubruquis found a Russian deacon amongst the other Christians at Karakoram. The reason why the earlier Persian word tersa was gradually abandoned by the Mongols in favour of the Syro - Greek word arkon, when speaking of Christians, manifestly is that no specifically Greek Church was ever heard of in China until the Russians had been conquered; besides, there were large bodies of Russian and Alan guards at Peking throughout the last half of the thirteenth and first half of the fourteenth century, and the Catholics there would not be likely to encourage the use of a Persian word which was most probably applicable in the first instance to the Nestorians they found so degenerated.''<ref name="Parker1905">{{cite book|author=Edward Harper Parker|title=China and religion|url=https://archive.org/details/chinaandreligio02parkgoog|quote=alan guard mongols.|year=1905|publisher=E.P. Dutton|pages=[https://archive.org/details/chinaandreligio02parkgoog/page/n294 232]–}}</ref> The Alan guards converted to Catholicism as reported by Odorico.<ref name="Arnold1999">{{cite book|author=Lauren Arnold|title=Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West, 1250-1350|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRunTSqY7msC&pg=PA79&dq=alan+guard+mongols#q=alan%20guard%20mongols|year=1999|publisher=Desiderata Press|isbn=978-0-9670628-0-8|pages=79–}}</ref> They was a "Russian guard".<ref name="Makeham2008">{{cite book|author=John Makeham|title=China: The World's Oldest Living Civilization Revealed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ4NAQAAMAAJ&q=russian+guard|year=2008|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-25142-3|page=269}}</ref> [[Roman Catholicism in China|Alans were converted to Roman Catholic Christianity]] in addition to [[Armenians in China]] by [[John of Montecorvino]].
+Against the Alans and the Cumans (Kipchaks), the Mongols used divide and conquer tactics by first telling the Cumans to stop allying with the Alans and after the Cumans followed their suggestion the Mongols then attacked the Cumans<ref>Sinor, Denis. 1999. “The Mongols in the West”. ''Journal of Asian History'' 33 (1). Harrassowitz Verlag: 1–44. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41933117.</ref> after defeating the Alans.<ref>Halperin, Charles J. 2000. “The Kipchak Connection: The Ilkhans, the Mamluks and Ayn Jalut”. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 63 (2). Cambridge University Press: 235. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1559539.</ref> Alans were recruited into the Mongol forces with one unit called "Right Alan Guard" which was combined with "recently surrendered" soldiers, Mongols, and Chinese soldiers stationed in the area of the former [[Kingdom of Qocho]] and in [[Beshbalik|Besh Balikh]] the Mongols established a Chinese military colony led by Chinese general Qi Kongzhi (Ch'i Kung-chih).<ref name="Rossabi1983">{{cite book|author=Morris Rossabi|title=China Among Equals: The Middle Kingdom and Its Neighbors, 10th-14th Centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNpD5UKmkswC&pg=PA255&dq=alan+guard+mongols#q=alan%20guard%20mongols|year=1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04562-0|pages=255–}}</ref> Alan and Kipchak guards were used by Kublai Khan.<ref name="Nicolle2004">{{cite book|author=David Nicolle|title=The Mongol Warlords: Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Hulegu, Tamerlane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OgQXAQAAIAAJ&q=alan+guard+mongols&dq=alan+guard+mongols|date=January 2004|publisher=Brockhampton Press|isbn=978-1-86019-407-8|page=85}}</ref> In 1368 at the end of the Yuan dynasty in China Toghan Temür was accompanied by his faithful Alan guards.<ref name="Hatto1991">{{cite book|author=Arthur Thomas Hatto|author-link=Arthur Thomas Hatto|title=Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxRpAAAAMAAJ&q=alan+guard+mongols&dq=alan+guard+mongols|year=1991|publisher=Peter de Ridder Press|page=36}}</ref> ''Mangu enlisted in his bodyguard half the troops of the Alan prince, Arslan, whose younger son Nicholas took a part in the expedition of the Mongols against Karajang (Yunnan). This Alan imperial guard was still in existence in 1272, 1286 and 1309, and it was divided into two corps with headquarters in the Ling pei province (Karakorúm).''<ref name="Yule1915">{{cite book|author=Sir Henry Yule|title=Cathay and the Way Thither, Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMIWlq6JeccC&pg=PA187&dq=alan+guard+mongols#q=alan%20guard%20mongols|year=1915|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1966-1|pages=187–}}</ref> ''In 1254 Rubruquis found a Russian deacon amongst the other Christians at Karakoram. The reason why the earlier Persian word tersa was gradually abandoned by the Mongols in favour of the Syro - Greek word arkon, when speaking of Christians, manifestly is that no specifically Greek Church was ever heard of in China until the Russians had been conquered; besides, there were large bodies of Russian and Alan guards at Peking throughout the last half of the thirteenth and first half of the fourteenth century, and the Catholics there would not be likely to encourage the use of a Persian word which was most probably applicable in the first instance to the Nestorians they found so degenerated.''<ref name="Parker1905">{{cite book|author=Edward Harper Parker|title=China and religion|url=https://archive.org/details/chinaandreligio02parkgoog|quote=alan guard mongols.|year=1905|publisher=E.P. Dutton|pages=[https://archive.org/details/chinaandreligio02parkgoog/page/n294 232]–}}</ref> The Alan guards converted to Catholicism as reported by Odorico.<ref name="Arnold1999">{{cite book|author=Lauren Arnold|title=Princely Gifts and Papal Treasures: The Franciscan Mission to China and Its Influence on the Art of the West, 1250-1350|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRunTSqY7msC&pg=PA79&dq=alan+guard+mongols#q=alan%20guard%20mongols|year=1999|publisher=Desiderata Press|isbn=978-0-9670628-0-8|pages=79–}}</ref> [[Roman Catholicism in China|Alans were converted to Roman Catholic Christianity]] in addition to [[Armenians in China]] by [[John of Montecorvino]].
 After the [[Mongol invasion of Rus]], many Alans submitted to the [[Mongol Empire]]. Some of them resisted the [[Golden Horde]] longer. Many warriors moved from [[Caucasus|Northern Caucasia]] to [[Mongolia]]. It is also claimed that they helped their new masters to fight against the [[Circassians]] and that they participated in the [[Mongol invasion of Europe]]. Under the rule of [[Möngke Khan]], many were brought east to [[Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty|fight against the Chinese]] [[Song Dynasty]] and [[Kingdom of Dali]] in [[Mongol invasion of China#Conquest of Dali Kingdom|Yunnan in 1258-1259]]. The Alan imperial guard was divided into two corps with headquarters in [[Karakorum]].
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 Kublai Khan organized them into the Jasin guard (Alan guard) of 3,000 soldiers around 1271, along with some of the [[Kipchaks]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}}. The Alani guard reached its peak during the reign of [[Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan|Tugh Temür]] and their number expanded to 30,000.{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}} During the 15-16th centuries, they formed part of the Yungshebiyu [[Tumen (unit)|tumen]] in central Inner Mongolia and the Asud were large tribe of Southern Mongolia{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}}.
-Today, there are few people with the clan name Asud in Ar Khorchin banner, [[Inner Mongolia]]. Mongolian Asuds live in [[Dundgovi]], [[Töv]] and other aimags.<ref name="Үндэсний Статистикийн Хороо">[https://1212.mn/sonirkholtoi/FamilyName/?search=АСУД Үндэсний Статистикийн Хороо. Асуд.]</ref>
+Today, there are few people with the clan name Asud in Ar Khorchin banner, [[Inner Mongolia]]. Mongolian Asuds live in [[Ulaanbaatar]], [[Dundgovi]], [[Töv]] and other aimags.<ref name="Үндэсний Статистикийн Хороо">[https://www2.1212.mn/sonirkholtoi/FamilyName/?search=АСУД Үндэсний Статистикийн Хороо. Асуд.]</ref>
 ==See also==
 * [[Kharchin]]
 * [[Alania]]
-{{Mongol Yastan}}
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{Mongol Yastan}}
 [[Category:Mongol peoples]]
+[[Category:Southern Mongols]]
 [[Category:Ossetia]]

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