6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies 38 Enkhbayar Jigmeddorj Study of the Mongolian “Law Manuscript on Birch Bark” One of the valuable history, culture and law traditions of the Central Asian nomads is the “Khalkha Mongolian Law Manuscript on Birch Bark”. It consists of over 1000 pieces of writings on birch barks found in the Khar Bukhyn balgas (Black Bull Ruin), Bulgan aimag, Mongolia in 1970. The “Khalkha Mongolian Law Manuscript on Birch Bark” consists of 18 parts and was compiled by the Khalkha Mongolian noblemen from at the end of the 16 th – beginning of the 17 th cc. This Law source written in Mongolian script has not been yet published completely. The Mongolian archeologist Kh. Perlee copied the Law on Birch Bark in the cursive way. He made its transcription with some explanations, and pub‑ lished it for the researchers’ use in Ulaanbaatar in 1978. However, this copy has letter and word mistakes, no original pictures, which makes difficulties in its use as a source. Professor Klaus Sagaster (Bonn University, the German Federation) and Dr. Elisabetta Chido have studied the manuscript on birch bark for many years, published their books on this issue, restored this manuscript and pre‑ sented it to Mongolia in 2012. The German Federation made a big contribu‑ tion in implementation of the project, study of Mongolian history and intel‑ ligence heritage and introduces their works in this field to the international science. I have studied internal situation in the Khalkha Mongolia in the 17 th c., noblemen’s activities and history of political relations between the Khalhka Mongolia and the Qing dynasty. One of the sources in for this research is the Manuscript on Birch Bark. Key words: Khalkha Mongolian, birch bark documents, Khar Bukhyn balgas, law document, the Qing dynasty.