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The mingghan (Uzbek language: Minghan, ) was a social-military unit of 1000 households created by Genghis Khan. From this group could be recruited a regiment of 1000 men. It is part of the ancient method of organization developed by Eurasian nomads based on the decimal system. A tumen, which included 10,000 households and soldiers, was the largest group and it was divided into ten mingghan. A mingghan was made up of 10 jaghuns or 100 arbans.Franke, Herbert, Denis Twitchett and John King Fairbank. (1994) The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 710–1368. Cambridge University Press. pp.345. An account cited that once he becomes a guard, a mingghan commander's son has to bring a younger brother and 10 other men to serve with him.
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