The mingghan ( Uzbek: Minghan, ) was a social-military unit of 1000 households created by

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. From this group could be recruited a

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of 1000 men. It is part of the ancient method of organization developed by

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based on the

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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 ''jaghun''s or 100 ''arbans''. 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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