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{{short description|Mongolian honorific title}}
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'''Jinong''' ({{Langx|mn|Жонон, Jonon}}) was a title of the [[Mongols]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Serruys |first1=Henry |title=Jinong: Chün-Wang or Ch'in-Wang? |journal=[[Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae]] |date=1976 |volume=30 |issue=2 |page=199 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23657272 |issn=0001-6446}}</ref> It was derived from [[Chinese language|Chinese]] ''Jinwang'' ({{zh|t=晉王|p=jìn wáng|l=Prince of Jin}}, a title for crown prince, similar to [[Prince of Wales]]) although some historians have suggested it originates from ''Qinwang'' ({{zh|t=親王|p=qīnwáng|l=prince}}). Whatever its relation with the Chinese title, the Mongol title was rendered in Chinese as "jinong" ({{zh|t=濟農|p=jǐnóng}}) or "jinang" ({{zh|t=吉囊|p=jínáng}}).

The title of Jinong was first given to Kamala, a grandson of [[Kublai Khan]] in 1292.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hangin |first=Gombojab |author-link=John Gombojab Hangin |title=The Mongolian Titles J̌inong and Sigeǰin |journal=[[Journal of the American Oriental Society]] |date=1980 |volume=100 |issue=3 |page=255 |doi=10.2307/601798}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Pount |first=Dotno Dashdorj |title=The Cult of Chinggis Khan in the Dayan Khanid Period |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]] |date=2023 |degree=PhD |page=64 |id={{ProQuest|2829936940}} |isbn=979-8-3797-5535-5}}</ref> He served the [[Mausoleum of Genghis Khan#History|mausoleum of Genghis Khan]]. Those who served the mausoleum were called the [[Ordos Mongols|Ordus]] and Jinong came to mean the highest priest of the portable mausoleum. The Ordus lived on the [[Kherlen River]] but later moved to the area now known as [[Ordos Desert|Ordos]]. After [[Dayan Khan]], whose father was the Jinong, unified the [[Mongolian Plateau]], his descendants assumed the position until 1949. During the [[Qing dynasty]] the Jinong also served as the chief of the Yeke Juu League ({{Langx|mn|Их Зуу Чуулга}}) or a [[Eight Banners|banner]] in it.

==See also==
* [[Mausoleum of Genghis Khan]]

==References==
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