Boraqchin (wife of Ögedei)
| Boraqchin | |
|---|---|
| First wife of Ögedei Khan | |
| Born | unknown date |
| Died | Karakorum, Mongol Empire |
| Burial | Karakorum |
| Spouse | Ögedei Khan |
| Religion | Tengrism |
Boraqchin was the first and eldest wife of Ögedei Khan.[1] Some sources state that she was of the Khongirad clan[2] wich seems believable considering that many previous ancestors of her husband Ögedei and subsequent descendants of him abd of Ghengis Khan and his sons did the same.
They had no surviving children.[3]
The earliest known Sino-Mongolian inscription, from 1240, mentions a "Yeke Qadun" or "Great empress". Some scholars have identified this figure with Boraqchin, while others argue that the inscription refers to Ögedei Khan's second wife, Töregene Khatun.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ Hamadani, Rashid al-Din (1971). The Successors of Genghis Khan. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. Columbia University Press.
- ^ Howorth, Sir Henry Hoyle (1876). History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century. Burt Franklin.
- ^ Broadbridge, Anne (2018). Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 167.
- ^ de Rachewiltz, Igor (1999). "Was Toregene Qatun Ogodei's "Sixth Empress"?" (PDF). East Asian History. 17/18: 71–76.
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