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Chöjav, Baljid, Buuwa


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Bulag, Uradyn E. 
Fuerwa, Dorjraa 

Abstract

Chöiav played a significant role in the history of Hobogsair as the wife of the last prince, Batarash. Together, they had two daughters, Baljid and Buwa. Following Batarash’s demise, political changes also unfolded during that period, leading to retreat of the National Party, including Chöjav, to Urumchi and eventually Taiwan. Soon after these incidents, the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 marked more radical change to the local society in Hobogsair. Both Baljid and Buwa transitioned from aristocracy to ordinary life. Baljid married a communist member named Garsha in Tarbagtai and had two daughters, Maaka and Gama. Unfortunately, both Baljid and Buwa experienced divorces, and Buwa, in particular, succumbed to alcohol addiction, leading to her untimely demise. Despite Baljid being an ordinary person and no longer holding an aristocratic role, as the eldest daughter of Batarash, she is still recognised as the last queen of Hobogsair and respected by local Torghuts. Upon her passing, the Torghut community in Hobogsair paid their respects, burying her in her birthplace of Salburi Mountain. Tragically, several years later, some Han Chinese grave robbers excavated Baljid’s grave due to her Torghut royal lineage. This act prompted the intervention of Shaliwan Gegen, who conducted a ritual and reorganised the grave.

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Chöjav, Baljid, Buwa, Family History

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Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge

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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.