The Secret History of the Mongols

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historical chronicle literary work

The Secret History of the Mongols is a 13th-century chronicle that provides the earliest and most detailed native account of Genghis Khan, his descendants, and the rise of the Mongol Empire.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mongol chronicles	1
Ystoria Mongalorum	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical chronicle ⓘ literary work ⓘ
author	unknown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfWork	13th century ⓘ
describes	campaigns of Genghis Khan ⓘ customs of the Mongols ⓘ early history of the Mongol tribes ⓘ genealogy of Genghis Khan ⓘ laws and decrees attributed to Genghis Khan ⓘ life of Genghis Khan ⓘ military campaigns of the Mongols ⓘ political organization of the Mongol Empire ⓘ succession of Ögedei Khan ⓘ
earliestSurvivingNativeAccountOf	Genghis Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ rise of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
genre	chronicle ⓘ epic history ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	The Secret History of the Mongols (various translators) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	prologue on the mythical origins of the Mongols ⓘ sections on Temüjin’s youth ⓘ sections on the conquest of northern China ⓘ sections on the succession after Genghis Khan ⓘ sections on the unification of the Mongol tribes ⓘ
influenced	later Mongolian historiography ⓘ modern biographies of Genghis Khan ⓘ
intendedAudience	Mongol nobility ⓘ Mongol royal family NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Middle Mongolian NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Genghis Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongol imperial family ⓘ rise of the Mongols ⓘ
originalScript	Classical Mongolian script NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalTitle	Mongɣol-un niuča tobčiyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfNarrativeFocus	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ North China NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationForm	Chinese transcription with interlinear glosses ⓘ
probableAuthorshipContext	Mongol court circles ⓘ
significance	important source for Mongolian language history ⓘ important source for steppe nomadic culture ⓘ key source for biography of Genghis Khan ⓘ principal primary source for early Mongol history ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
title	The Secret History of the Mongols NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	modern historians of the Mongol Empire ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sorghaghtani Beki → historicalSource → The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ

Börte → sourceMention → The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ

Hoelun → mentionedIn → The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ

Hoelun → sourceOfInformation → The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol chronicles

Hoelun → sourceOfInformation → The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ

Jebe → historicalSource → The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine → notableWork → The Secret History of the Mongols ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ystoria Mongalorum