Aurugh (English spelling)

Japanese: アウルク（英語表記）aurugh

During the Mongol Empire, it meant a military base established in the hinterland of a battlefield, and later during the Yuan Dynasty, it meant a conscription district. It is also transcribed as aghrugh. The original language is said to be eastern ancient Turkish, and in the 13th century Secret History of the Mongol Dynasty, it is used to mean a camp for an army while away from home, or a camp for the elderly and the young. Turco-Mongolian nomads have always taken their entire family and belongings with them when they went on expeditions. When they approached the battlefield, women, the elderly, and the young would camp in the rear, forming a military base for the front line. After the early great expeditions of the Mongol Empire came to an end, and military corps were stationed on the front lines in non-nomadic areas such as northern China to maintain occupied territories, this custom was applied, and specific areas were designated to supply soldiers, weapons, and food to certain military corps.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

モンゴル帝国時代，戦場の後背地に設置された兵站（へいたん）部をいい，のち元朝では徴兵管区を意味した。aghrughとも転写される。原語は東部古代トルコ語といわれ，13世紀の《元朝秘史》では留守の幕営，老小の幕営などの意味で使われる。トルコ･モンゴル系の遊牧民は，古来遠征に赴く際，いっさいの家族と家財を同伴した。戦場に近づくと，婦女老幼は後方に野営して，前線に対する兵站部を構成する。モンゴル帝国では初期の大遠征が一段落し，しだいに華北などの非遊牧地域の前線に占領地保持のための軍団が常置されるようになると，この習慣が適用されて，ある軍団に対し，兵士，武器，食糧を供給する特定の地域を設定することとなった。

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