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| | ULUS [X:814a] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27) |
 | | As such, it is found in The secret history of the Mongols, referring to both the Mongol peoples themselves (§ 272) and neighbouring nations who were absorbed by them (§§ 110, 196). |
 | | ulus, “the great Mongol nation”, found first on the seal of Güyük in 1246 (ulus here has been translated as “empire” by some scholars, but see I. de Rachelwitz, Qan, qa’an and the seal of Güyüg, in Documenta Barbarorum, ed. |
 | | Thus the term ulus can often be translated henceforth as “state” and this meaning remains in modern Mongolian, along with “people”, “empire”, “country” and “dynasty” (F. Lessing, Mongolian-English dictionary, Berkeley 1960, 873). |
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