Khoid
Ethnic group
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The Khoid, also Khoyd or Khoit (Chinese: 辉特; "Northern ones/people") people are an Oirat subgroup of the Choros clan. Once one of largest tribes of the Oirats.
Amursana was a Khoid Oirat
Partisans of Amursana, in the Battle of Khorgos against Qing China (1758)
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 Location of the Khoid in the Oirat Confederation | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Mongolia | 5 000[1] |
 China | 15 000 |
 Kalmykia | a few thousands? |
| Languages | |
| Oirat dialect | |
| Religion | |
| Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mongols, especially Oirats | |
