- The
Merkit (/
ˈmɜːrkɪt/; Mongolian: [ˈmircɪt]; lit. 'Wise Ones') was one of the five
major tribal confederations of
Mongol or
Turkic origin in the 12th-century...
- the
Mongol Empire in
Central Asia
included the
destruction of
surviving Merkit and
Naimans (which
involved forays into ****ania) and the
conquest of Qara...
- Khabul's
grandson Yesugei abducted a
Khongirad woman as his
bride from the
Merkits. He parti****ted in a
series of
raids launched by
Hotula Khan
against the...
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remnants of the
Merkit and Naimans,
fought at the
junction of the
Bukhtarma with the
Irtysh in late 1208 or very
early 1209. The
Merkit had a longstanding...
- For many
months before Jochi's birth, Börte had been a
captive of the
Merkit tribe, one of whom
forcibly married and
raped her.
Although there was thus...
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difficult youth. The
Merkits captured him
during his
childhood and he was
reduced to slavery. It is
possible that he left the
Merkit after being freed by...
- Temüjin was made official, the
Burgi Escarpment was
attacked by the
Three Merkit, who were a
confederation of
three tribes inhabiting the
basin of the Selenga...
- clan of the
Onggirat tribe, Hö'elün was
originally married to Chiledu, a
Merkit aristocrat; she was
captured shortly after her
wedding by Yesügei, an important...
-
Bayan of the
Merkid (died 1340), or
Bayan (Chinese: 伯顔; pinyin: Bóyán), was a
Mongol general of the
Merkid clan and an
official in the Yuan dynasty. Bayan...
- Khan (after the
death of
Genghis in 1227). He
married Oghul Qaimish of the
Merkit clan. In 1233, Güyük,
along with his
maternal cousin Alchidai and the Mongol...
