The secret history of the Mongols : the life and times of Chinggis Khan
Bibliographic Information
The secret history of the Mongols : the life and times of Chinggis Khan
translated, annotated, and with an introduction by Urgunge Onon
RoutledgeCurzon, 2011 , , c2001
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Tobchi'an
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Content Type: text (ncrcontent), Media Type: unmediated (ncrmedia), Carrier Type: volume (ncrcarrier)
Translated from the Mongolian
Includes bibliographical references (pages [288]-290) and index
"First published in 2001 ... First issued in paperback 2011"--Title page verso
"This book, known to Mongols as the Tobchi'an [Tobcha'an] or 'History', has appeared under a variety of names, including The secret history of the Mongols, The life of Chinggis Qahan, The true record of Chinggis Qahan, and The secret history of the Yuan Dynasty."--Page 17
Description and Table of Contents
Description
There has long been a need for a scholarly English edition of the great 13th century historical epic, The Secret History of the Mongols, the only surviving Mongol source about the empire. The book is mainly about the life and the career of Chinggis Khan, his ancestors and his rise to power.
Chinggis Khan was not only a military genius, but also a great statesman and diplomat. Through a combination of armed force and diplomacy, he managed to merge the complex system of alliances which existed between diverse tribes into a powerful confederacy that swept across most of Eurasia, starting in 1219.
Urgunge Onon's fresh translation brings out the excitement of this epic with its wide-ranging commentaries on military and social conditions, religion and philosophy, while remaining faithful to the original text. This fully annotated edition is prefaced by a 36 page introduction setting the work in its cultural and historical context.
Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Section 01 CHAPTER ONE
- Section 02 CHAPTER TWO
- Section 03 CHAPTER THREE
- Section 04 CHAPTER FOUR
- Section 05 CHAPTER FIVE
- Section 06 CHAPTER SIX
- Section 07 CHAPTER SEVEN
- Section 08 CHAPTER EIGHT
- Section 09 CHAPTER NINE
- Section 10 CHAPTER TEN
- Section 11 CHAPTER ELEVEN
- Section 12 CHAPTER TWELVE
- APPENDIX
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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