Boraqchin (wife of Ögedei)

Boraqchin was the first and eldest wife of Ögedei Khan.[1] They had no surviving children.[2]

For the wife of Batu Khan, see Boraqchin (Tatar).

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.[3]

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References
  1. Hamadani, Rashid al-Din (1971). The Successors of Genghis Khan. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. Columbia University Press.
  2. Broadbridge, Anne (2018). Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 167.
  3. de Rachewiltz, Igor (1999). "Was Toregene Qatun Ogodei's "Sixth Empress"?" (PDF). East Asian History. 17/18: 71–76.
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