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She was trained in shooting, wrestling and riding since her childhood. Later, when she grew up, she became such a skilled wrestler that defeated elite male warriors in traditional wrestling competitions. Khutulun was a hero, chronicled by many medieval authors, one of whom was Marco Polo. [4] Sources vary about her husband's identity.
The cover of The Secret History of the Mongol Great Khatuns in Mongolian 2009. Following Ögedei's death, khatuns (queens) briefly ruled the Mongol Empire. Most of these women were not Genghis Khan's daughters, but his daughters- or granddaughters-in-law. Their ability to control the empire made them the most powerful women during this period.
A revolution began that year with determinations to bring women more into the public sphere. [4] This was the first step in the effort of the state to promote population growth; a strong emphasis on women’s reproductive capacities. [4] Women were pressured into having multiple children as part of their civic duties to the state.
The novel went on to become a classic of Mongolian literature and is required reading in Mongolian schools. In 2010, Mongolian novelist Baatarsuren Shuudertsetseg published Домогт Ану хатан (The Legendary Queen Anu). The importance of family, women's empowerment, and national identity were central themes of her treatment of Anu's ...
In the Mongol Empire, women had a number of rights. Married women could divorce their husbands and own their own property. Both widowed and divorced women could remarry and inherit property. Women would sometimes remarry a male relative of the husband in order to keep the connection and the property within the family. [citation needed]
According to Bruno De Nicola in Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206–1335, the linguistic origins of the term "khatun" are unknown, though possibly of Old Turkic or Sogdian origin. De Nicola states that prior to the spread of the Mongols across Central Asia, Khatun meant 'lady' or 'noblewoman' and is found in broad usage in medieval ...
Bolor Ganbold (Mongolian: Ганболд Болор; born 1976) is a Mongolian general. One of the first female recruits into the Mongolian Armed Forces , in 2022 she became the first woman in Mongolian history to be conferred the rank of brigadier general .
The Mongol mail system was the first such empire-wide service since the Roman Empire. Additionally, Mongol battlefield communication utilized signal flags and horns and to a lesser extent, signal arrows to communicate movement orders during combat. [26] Drawing of a mobile Mongol soldier with bow and arrow wearing deel. The right arm is semi ...