Kurultai

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Contents

1 Old usage 2 Modern usage 3 See also 4 External link

Old usage

Kurultai (Tatar: Qorıltay), (Khural meaning meeting in Mongolian) is a political and military council of ancient Mongol chiefs and khans. All Great Khans of the Mongol Empire, for example Genghis Khan and Ogedei Khan, were formally elected in a Kurultai.

Modern usage

Various modern Turkic peoples use it in political or administrative sense, as a synonym for parliament, congress, council, assembly, convention, gathering. Examples are: "World Qorıltay of Bashkirs", "Fourth Qurultay of Crimean Tatars", "National Kurultai of Kyrgyzstan".

Also spelled as: kurultay, qurultay, kuriltai, qoriltay.

See also

• Mongols
• Genghis Khan
• Mongol Empire
• Ting
• Witenagemot
• Loya Jirga
• Veche
• Wiec

External link

• Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar people (http://www.qurultay.org)

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