13. Quriltai - Part 1

Hello! My name is Corey and welcome to the Mongol Empire Podcast. In this episode Temujin is undisputed leader of the nomads, so holds a quriltai which will elect him Chinggis Khan. This episode looks at the meaning of the title, Temujin's motivations and asks 'what was the quriltai?'

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Primary Source Credits:

Paul Kahn. The Secret History of the Mongols: the origin of Chingis Khan (Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1998)

Rashiduddin Fazullah. Jami’u’t-Tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles, ed. and trans. by W.M. Thackston, 3 vols (Harvard University Press, 1998)

Music Credits:

"Majestic Hills" by Kevin MacLeod is used with a Lifetime Extended License.

Researched, written and presented by Corey Still, CS Productions.