Boraqchin (wife of Ögedei)
Boraqchin was the first and eldest wife of Ögedei Khan.[1] They had no surviving children.[2]
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.[3]
See also
- History of Mongolia
- Ogedei Khan
References
- Hamadani, Rashid al-Din (1971). The Successors of Genghis Khan. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. Columbia University Press.
- 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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