The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jack Weatherford holds the DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota and an honorary position at Chinggis Khaan University in Mongolia. In 2007 he received the Order of the Polar Star, the highest award for service to the Mongol nation.

Copyright © 2010 by Jack Weatherford

Illustrations © 2010 by N. Bat-Erdene

All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Weatherford, J. McIver.

The secret history of the Mongol queens/Jack Weatherford.

p. cm.

1. Genghis Khan, 1162–1227—Family. 2. Queens—Mongolia—History.

3. Daughters—Mongolia—History. 4. Women—Mongolia—History.

5. Inheritance and succession—Mongolia—History. 6. Mongols—History.

7. Mongols—Biography. 8. Mongolia—Kings and rulers—Biography.

9. Mongolia—History. 10. Mongolia—Biography. I. Title.

DS22.W39 2010

950′.20922—dc22

2009020822

eISBN: 978-0-307-58936-1

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