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e. Genghis Khan[a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia. Born between 1155 and 1167 and given the name ...
e. Descent from Genghis Khan in East Asia is well documented by Chinese sources. His descent in West Asia and Europe was documented through the 14th century, in texts written by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani and other Muslim historians. With the advent of genealogical DNA testing, a larger and broader circle of people have begun to claim descent from ...
Tatars. "Tatar" (𐱃𐱃𐰺), written in Old Turkic on an image of the Kul Tigin monument of Orkhon inscriptions, which included one of the first precise transcription of the ethnonym. The Tatars[b] (/ ˈtɑːtərz / TAH-tərz), [35] formerly also spelled Tartars, [b] is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name ...
Dayan Khan was himself raised to power by Queen Mandukhai (c. 1449–1510) during the crisis of the late 15th century when the line of Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, was on the verge of dying out. [citation needed] The Khongirad was the main consort clan of the Borjigin and provided numerous Empresses and consorts. There were five ...
The Mongolic peoples are a collection of East Asian-originated ethnic groups in East, North, South Asia and Eastern Europe, who speak Mongolic languages. Their ancestors are referred to as Proto-Mongols. The largest contemporary Mongolic ethnic group is the Mongols. [1] Mongolic-speaking people, although distributed in a wide geographical area ...
The word "Chingisid" derives from the name of the Mongol conqueror Genghis (Chingis) Khan (c. 1162–1227 CE). Genghis and his successors created a vast empire stretching from the Sea of Japan to the Black Sea. The Chingisid principle, [15] or golden lineage, was the rule of inheritance laid down in the , the legal code attributed to Genghis Khan.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 November 2024. Mongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368) Great Yuan 大元 Dà Yuán (Chinese) ᠳᠠᠢ ᠦᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Dai Ön ulus (Mongolian) 1271–1368 Yuan dynasty (c. 1290) Status Khagan -ruled division of the Mongol Empire Conquest dynasty of Imperial China Capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing ...
Khan (/ x ɑː n /) is an ancient Indo-European surname and in the variant of 'Khan' of Mongolic origin, used as a title in various global regions, [1] and today most commonly found in parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and Iran. In the Caribbean the surname is largely carried by Muslims of Indo-Caribbean descent.