Boraqchin was the first and eldest wife of Ögedei Khan.[1] Some sources state that she was of the Khongirad clan[2] which seems believable considering that many ancestors and descendants of her husband Ögedei and Ghengis Khan did the same.
| Boraqchin | |
|---|---|
| First wife of Ögedei Khan | |
| Born | unknown date |
| Died | Karakorum, Mongol Empire |
| Burial | Karakorum |
| Spouse | Ögedei Khan |
| Religion | Tengrism |
They had no surviving children.[3]
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.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hamadani, Rashid al-Din (1971). The Successors of Genghis Khan. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. Columbia University Press.
- ^ Howorth, Sir Henry Hoyle (1876). History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century. Burt Franklin.
- ^ 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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