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  Genghis Khan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As the great Khan, he used the military system of the Huns that was based on the decimal system, with armies being split into groups of 10, 100, 1000 and finally a tumen (10,000).
Khan reportedly saw five stars arranged in a line in the sky, which he took to be a sign.
On his deathbed in 1227, Genghis Khan outlined to his youngest son, Tolui, the plans that later would be used by his successors to complete the destruction of the Jin empire.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/genghis_khan   (1480 words)

  
 Genghis Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genghis Khan's armies were generally able to best their enemies in the 12th and 13th century because of their superior strategy, mobility, and military intelligence.
Genghis Khan was related through his father to Qabul Khan, Ambaghai and Qutula Khan who had headed the Mongol confederation under Jin patronage until the Jin switched their support to the Tatars in 1161 and destroyed Qutula Khan.
Heirs to Discord: The Supratribal Aspirations of Jamuqa, Toghrul, and Temüjin
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 MSN Encarta - Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan’s father, Yesugei, was a local chieftain and nephew of the former khan (ruler) of the Mongol tribe.
In the autumn of 1220, Genghis Khan captured Termiz on the Oxus River (present-day Amu Darya) and in the early part of the winter was active in the upper reaches of that river in what is today Tajikistan.
Genghis Khan, rejoined by his sons, advanced south in the autumn of 1221 and defeated this new adversary on the banks of the Indus River.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567712/Genghis_Khan.html   (1751 words)

  
 Genghis Khan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Genghis Khan was born by the name of Temüjin sometime between 1162 and 1167, the second son of Yesükhei, a tribal chief of the Kiyad (singular: Kiyan).
Genghis Khan's leadership, according to other sources and through his quotations seems to revolve around loyalty and merit by collecting people of talent and dedication to his political and military hierarchy.
Genghis Khan did not seem to care much about personal wealth as being a nomad; instead he dispersed goods from his conquests to his people and alliance s that took part in the campaign.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/G/Genghis-Khan.htm   (4284 words)

  
 Chingiz Khan Dividing His Empire Between His Sons ((Illustration from the Chingiz-nama)
Chingiz Khan was the twelfth ascendant of the Mughal emperor Babur on his maternal side.
Chingiz Khan and Timur were two mighty Islamic rulers of Central Asia who invaded India several times and inflicted great brutalities and plundered her immensely.
Chingiz Khan was, however, held in greater reverence for reasons other than his crusade against non-believers.
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Chingiz Khan died in 1227 just as his army was poised to flow into Europe.
But the news that Chingiz Khan had died interrupted the advance, and the leading Mongol generals and sons of the Great Khan returned to Mongolia to select a new leader.
He said the site is close to the places most important in Chingiz Khan's life -- the likely site of his birth in 1162 and the place where, in 1206, he was transformed by Mongol tribal leaders from a warrior named Temujin to leader of a tribal confederation with the title Chingiz Khan.
www.rferl.org /features/2001/08/30082001114629.asp   (1150 words)

  
 GENGHIS KHAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In that year, a convocation of the subjugated tribes proclaimed him Genghis Khan (Chinese chêng-sze, "precious warrior"; Turkish khan, "lord"), leader of the united Mongol and Tatar tribes; the city of Karakorum was designated his capital.
The greatness of the khan as a military leader was borne out not only by his conquests but by the excellent organization, discipline, and maneuverability of his armies.
Genghis Khan's invasions were of great historical importance long after his death, for the Turks, who fled before him, were driven to their own invasion of Europe.
sangha.net /messengers/genghis-khan.htm   (446 words)

  
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Then two of the young men of ´ÛNK KHÂN, be-coming acquainted with the treachery, informed CHINGIZ, and straightway CHINGIZ made it known to his own men, and they removed themselves by night from their tents and hid themselves in ambush.
And then the followers of CHINGIZ leaped out upon him, and they met each other in battle by the side of a wall which was called BÂLSHÛYÂH. And the party of CHINGIZ triumphed, and the party of ´ÛNK KHÂN was broken.
And CHINGIZ KHÂN magnified those two young men, and he passed a law of freedom for them, so that in every capture of prisoners in which they were present, no portion should be taken for the king (or, kings) from them and their sons for ever.
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 Mirza Muhammad Haidar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The history of the Moghuls and their Khans can be of little interest to any but the Moghuls themselves, for they have now become the most remote and insignificant of tribes, whereas formerly they were, through the power and resolution of Chingiz Khan, the lords of the world.
Chingiz Khan had four sons to whom he left the world, dividing the cultivated countries and deserts into four parts, and giving one quarter of the earth to each of these sons.
The Khan sent to fetch these people, and they were seized, bound and brought before him, inasmuch as they had transgressed the commands of the Khan, and had not presented themselves at the hunt.
depts.washington.edu /~uwch/silkroad/texts/rash1.html   (21548 words)

  
 ASIA-PLUS / Bulletin #10 History Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Especially actively the war actions were conducted in the period of the rule of Chingiz Khan.
In the West, the Khorezm Shah Muhammed was the principal rival of Chingiz Khan.
The Chingiz Khan's huge army of 200,000 warriors fell upon the enemy.
www.internews.ru /ASIA-PLUS/bulletin_10/history_page.html   (654 words)

  
 Het'um, Turco-Mongolica, Cilician Armenia, Mongol Khans, Medieval Mongol History
As we said, these seven Tartar peoples were subject to their neighbors until it happened that a certain poor old man, a ditch digger, had this vision in his sleep: he saw a soldier, entirely white, handsome, and mounted on a white horse.
And the tax which you give to them shall in turn be taken from them." Chingiz was filled with great joy upon hearing this message of God, [g32] and he related the vision he had seen to everyone.
The second command [Chingiz] gave was that an overseer be set up over each group of ten men; one over 1000 men; and one over 10,000 men; and 10,000 soldiers were called a tuman.
rbedrosian.com /hetum3.htm   (5625 words)

  
 Bukhara under Mongols and Temurids
Soon, at an urgent request of the Mongolian High Khan Ugedey, Makhmud Yalavach was replaced with his son Masud who held this position until his death in 1289, except for a short interruption.
After Algu-khan had died (1264) the next Chagatid khan, Borak, following the tradition of his kinsmen, continued to struggle against the claimants to Maverannakhr, that is against Great Khan Khubilay, the Djuchids (Khaidu) and the Khulaguids' state with its ruler Abaka-khan, a son of Khulagu.
All this, apparently, is a trace of dreadful devastation because of the Mongolian invasion and internal wars between khans.
www.advantour.com /uzbekistan/bukhara/history/010.htm   (2568 words)

  
 The rise of Timur-i-Leng
At this point the Chagadai Khan Tughlaq Timur insisted that the Amirs were misbehaving in Transoxiana and he swept down again with his cavalry stamped the amir of the Mongol Jalair tribe to death and routed Hajji Barlas, who while fleeing was crushed under a cart by some turkish warlords.
However the Mongol Khan feeling that the amirs were still misbehaving beheaded Bayan Suldus and confiscated the possessions of Timur and Mir Hussain, who fled in terror to Khorasan.
Thus about the age of 30, Timur found himself crippled with injury and infection with most of his tribal prestige on the brink of obliteration and would hardly have been expected to rise to be a figure noted in the sands of time.
www.geocities.com /somasushma/Timur1.html   (2303 words)

  
 http://depts
Firstly, at that date there was no other Dava Khan reigning; and this name of Dava Khan does not indicate, in the least, that he was a Shaikh or an Imam; nor does the fact of such a magnificent tomb having been raised over him.
Again the father of Dava Khan, Barak Khan, became a Musulman in Bokhara, received the title of Ghayyas-ud-Din, and was succeeded on the throne by his son Dava Khan.
In the meanwhile the Khan reached Atu Bum Bashi, which is one of the frontiers of Moghulistan on the side of Kashghar.
www.meshrep.com /Article/khaxkhar.html   (5851 words)

  
 Kingdoms of the Far East - The Mongols
The Il Khans inherited Persia when the descendents of Chingiz Khan divided up the Mongol Empire, ruling from Mesopotamia.
Defeated and annexed by the Khans of the Crimea.
Russian conquest of the Khans of Astrakhan by Ivan IV.
www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsFarEast/AsiaMongols.htm   (217 words)

  
 Wednesday University Lecture 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Khan's wish for priests may be the figment of a Christian imagination, although it is not improbable, as we will see when we examine Qubilai's religious views.
The astrologers and idolaters have told the Great Khan that he must make a libation of the milk of these mares every year on the 28th of August, flinging it into the air and on the earth, so that the spirits may have their share to drink.
So, here we have the Great Khan, increasingly seduced by Chinese ways, as his winter palace in Beijing would attest, observing traditional Mongol shamanic practices at least when he was in the north near the steppe.
depts.washington.edu /uwch/silkroad/lectures/wulec4a.html   (8077 words)

  
 Potpourri-The Mongol Peoples: Window in History
However, it was not until the early 13th century and the creation of the Mongol empire by Chingiz Khan that the numerous Mongol tribes, hitherto loosely confederated and constantly feuding, emerged in world history as a powerful and unified nation.
From their capital at Karakorum the Mongol hordes swept west into Europe and East into China, and by circa 1260 the sons of Chingiz Khan ruled a far-flung Eurasian empire that was divided into four khanates.
After the conquests of the Mongol Chingiz Khan, the Mongol and Turkic elements merged, and the invaders became known in Europe as Tatars.
www.manipuronline.com /Potpourri/August2002/themongols17_1.htm   (1653 words)

  
 FAQ - TourAsia - Travel Agency
For the Khan - Tengri the safest route is from North side (by report other groups), with right side spur.
Yes, north side is safer then south, because in climbing from South side you have to pass close to slope of Chapaev peak, which one is snow avalanche danger as in sunny time, so in snowfall days, too.
Khan Tengri or Pobeda program is including days for acclimatization, two extra days for bad weather, usually it needs about 15 days to climb it.
www.tourasia.kz /faq.htm   (1958 words)

  
 Mongol
Some scholars believe they originated in the area of present-day Mongolia, where the Mongol tribes were simply one of many pastoral ethnic groups in the centuries prior to the establishment of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century.
After 1206 Chingiz began a series of military campaigns which soon resulted in the conquest not only of the entire Central Asian steppe zone, but also of the populous agricultural societies in China, Persia, and Russia.
One of the peoples who had a profound impact on Mongol culture in the early days of Chingiz Khan's empire building were the Turkic-speaking Uighurs, who lived (and continue to live) in China's Xinjiang province (the word Xinjiang in modern Chinese means "new frontier").
pandora.cii.wwu.edu /vajda/ea210/mongol.htm   (1417 words)

  
 Mongol Empire (Genghis Khan on the Web)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Storm from the East: From Ghengis Khan to Khubilai Khan by Robert Marshall.
The Mongol Khans family tree, on page 15 of the teacher's resource guide to The Legacy of Chingiz Khan (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Timeline from Genghis Khan, Treasures of Inner Mongolia (The Provincial Museum of Alberta).
www.isidore-of-seville.com /genghis/4.html   (735 words)

  
 Treasures of Chingiz Khan :: IPV News USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Scientists consider that in ancient times the Great Silk Road was passing along its shores and from the second half of the VII Century people started building new settlements along the way, where the Silk Road was passing by and next to Issyk-Kul lake.
Many generations of treasure hunters had been dreaming to find the treasures of Chingiz Khan in the lake as well.
As the legend says the local ruler, the son of Chingiz Khan Chagatai, made an order to prepare a coffin from the strong mountain tree.
www.ipvnews.com /chingizkhan.html   (977 words)

  
 Genghis Khan's Life Story
A year later (1204), Genghis Khan was on his way to the Qin Empire when he was headed off by the Naimans, a small tribe of mercenaries, defending the Qin Empire.
In 1206, Genghis Khan was named Khan of Khans (ruler of rulers) of China.
In 1215, Genghis Khan beat the capitol of the Qin Empire, Beijing, by destroying the capitol building.
www.angelfire.com /ny/genghiskhan/page3.html   (406 words)

  
 Mongol Trivia Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The empire established by Genghis Khan eventually extended from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Black Sea in the west, and from Siberia in the north to the northern borders of mainland Southeast Asia.
Ambakhai Khan of the Taijiuts (one of the Mongol clans), an ancestor of Genghis Khan, was captured by his enemies the Tatars.
The Khan was said never to forget a face, and he remembered that during a previous battle, the young man had shot an arrow from the top of a hill and struck his horse.
www.healylaw.com /mongol.htm   (9028 words)

  
 Genghis Khan on the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Kids section is devoted to the younger set, and to educators.
covers the findings that Genghis Khan is the direct ancestor of an astounding number of the world's population, and the private firm that offers Khan-targeted genetic testing.
Genghis Khan was born Temüjin between 1155 and 1167 (the date is uncertain) somewhere near Like Baikal in Mongolia.
www.isidore-of-seville.com /genghis   (517 words)

  
 OF THE LAWS WHICH CHINGIZ-KHAN FRAMED AND THE
Again, when the extent of their territories became broad and vast and important events fell out, it became essential to ascertain the activities of their enemies, and it was also necessary to transport goods from the West to the East and from the Far East to the West.
When the king of the heavens had sunk beneath the ball of the earth, the Mongols departed from the town, and the garrison of the citadel, their hearts cut in two with fear and terror, could neither stand and resist nor turn and flee.
Alp Khan," how-ever, made a show of valour and intrepidity: issuing forth from the citadel with a thousand desperate men he fought his way through the centre of the Mongol army and joined up with the Sultan.
www.upf.es /materials/huma/central/historia/xinamon/docums/juvaini.htm   (10358 words)

  
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Genghis Khan the history of the world conqueror.
When the inhabitants thereof, who were unaware of the fraudulent designs of Destiny, beheld the surrounding countryside choked with horsemen and the air fl as night with the dust of cavalry, fright and panic overcame them, and fear and dread prevailed.
Thus to Samarqand he has assigned a hundred and ten thousand men, of whom sixty thousand were Turks, with their khans, (…)The rest of the army consisted of fifty thousand Tajiks; together with twenty elephants.
www.upf.es /materials/huma/central/historia/rutaseda/docums/9mongvi/juvacon.doc   (2513 words)

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