• elected in a Kurultai; khans of subordinate Mongol states, such as the Golden Horde, were elected by a similar regional Kurultai. During the Kurultai, Mongol...
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    was a major factor in the breakup. After Möngke Khan died (1259), rival kurultai councils simultaneously elected different successors, the brothers Ariq...
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    Now sole ruler of the steppe, Temüjin held a large assembly called a kurultai at the source of the Onon River in 1206. Here, he formally adopted the...
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    all enemies on the steppe, Temüjin entitled himself Genghis Khan at a kurultai and honoured the Baljunatu with the highest distinctions of his new Mongol...
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    The State Assembly — Kurultai of the Republic of Bashkortostan is the regional parliament of Bashkortostan, a federal subject of Russia. Its members are...
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    supervision of the Imperial governor, and likewise in Khorasan. At the kurultai in Mongolia after the end of the Mongol-Jin War, the Great Khan Ögedei...
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    about the succession. To settle the matter, Genghis Khan called for a "kurultai", a political and military council - a formal meeting used both in familial...
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    threats. Also in attendance at the kurultai were ambassadors from Kokand and some southern Kyrgyz tribes. At the kurultai, Ormon argued that the tribes of...
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    power and prominence. Common institutions were the office of the Khan, the Kurultai (Supreme Council), left and right wings, imperial army (Keshig) and the...
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    Mongolia to select a Great Khan, Berke and his brothers joined Batu in the kurultai to elect a new Great Khan. Berke Khan converted to Islam in the city of...
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    Assembly—El Kurultai, with 41 deputies popularly elected every four years. Igor Yaimov is the current Chairman of the State Assembly-El Kurultai from January...
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  • successfully enthroned their candidate for Great Khan, Möngke, in the kurultais of 1250 and 1251. The Ögedeid candidate for Great Khan, Shiremun, and...
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    World. The Crimean People's Republic was declared by the initiative of the Kurultai of Crimean Tatars, which stipulated the equality of all ethnicities within...
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    14 June 2022, the President signed a decree establishing the National Kurultai, a new civic institution with more relevant and broader functions to replace...
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    until 1229. Ögedei was elected supreme khan in 1229, according to the kurultai held at Kodoe Aral on the Kherlen River after Genghis' death, although...
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    Mongolian Plateau. Before he arrived, he learned that Ariq Böke had held a kurultai (Mongol great council) at the capital Karakorum, which had named him Great...
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  • entitlement as Genghis Khan preceded turmoil in Hö'elün's personal life. At a kurultai (large assembly), the newly-crowned Genghis handed out rewards to those...
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    independence referendum organized with the help of Russia on 16 March 2014, the Kurultai leadership voiced concerns of renewed persecution, as commented by a U...
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    called a kurultai at Ala Qamaq. The leader of the families of Genghis Khan's brothers, and several important generals, came to the kurultai. Güyük's sons...
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  • The World Qoroltai of the Bashkirs (The World Kurultai of the Bashkirs) (Bashkir: Бөтә донъя башҡорттары ҡоролтайы (конгресы)) — international Union of...
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    (also known as Qarachi beys: Argyns, Kipchaks, Shirins, and Baryns) at kurultai where the decision about a candidate was adopted. The newly elected Khan...
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  • Chagatai Khan, who was not proclaimed ruler of the Mongol Empire by the Kurultai. Originally khans headed only relatively minor tribal entities, generally...
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    not run for reelection. The Republic's parliament is the State Assembly—Kurultai, popularly elected every five years. The one-chamber State Assembly has...
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    a kind of prince. The best of sultans was elected as khan by people at Kurultai.[citation needed] In a number of post-caliphal states under Mongol or Turkic...
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    warrior of the sons of Temüjin, who entitled himself Genghis Khan at a kurultai in 1206. He commanded armies during the invasion of Jin China; when Genghis...
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    Башкортостан", №52 (25785), 22 марта 2005 г. (State Assembly of Bashkortostan—El Kurultai. Law #162-z of December 17, 2004 On the Borders, Status, and Administrative...
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    the next Emperor of the Mongol Empire in 1242, he declined to attend the kurultai and instead stayed at the Volga River. Although Batu excused himself by...
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    later hereditary monarchy Khan   • 1225–1242 Chagatai Khan Legislature Kurultai Historical era Late Middle Ages • Chagatai Khan inherited part of Mongol...
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    his claim to the throne. Kublai convened a kurultai in Kaiping that elected him Great Khan. A rival kurultai in Mongolia proclaimed Ariq Böke Great Khan...
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    Jochi and included Cumans, Alans, Hungary, and Rus', including Kiev. The kurultai of 1235, after which the invasion of Europe took place, repeated these...
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