Kurultai

Mongol and Turkic term for a political council

Kurultai

Summary

A kurultai, also called a quriltai, was a medieval political and military council consisting of members of a Mongol khan's family, imperial sons-in-law, captains of the army and others during and before the Mongol empire.

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