The Secret History of the Mongols
- Date of account
- 13th century, probably shortly after 1227
- Location
- Mongolian steppe and Yuan China transmission
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Secret History of the Mongols is a foundational Mongolian narrative combining genealogy, conquest history, speeches, omens, ancestral origin traditions, and episodes involving heaven and fate. It survives chiefly through a Chinese phonetic transcription with Chinese glosses, creating major translation and reconstruction issues. The text matters for comparing sacred rulership and historical memory without treating its cosmological language as a modern paranormal report. Researchers should consult the reconstructed Mongolian, Chinese glosses, and competing translations when assessing particular passages.
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