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The Hamnigan Buryats or Khamnigan are Mongolized Evenks of Tungusic origin.Khamnigan is the Buriat-Mongolian term for all Ewenkis. In the early 16th century the Evenks of Transbaikalia or Khamnigans were tributary to the Khalkha. The Khamnigan are only ethnic group of Tungus origin in Mongolia. They who lived around Nerchinsk and the Aga steppe faced both Cossack demands for tribute and Khori-Buriats trying to occupy their pastures.