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Painting depicting supposed birthplace of Chingis Khan.
Deluun Boldog, Dadal sum, Hentil prov., on Onon River.
Mannequin of Chingis Khan on a throne in his ger (yurt).
Chingis Khan
Chingis Khan.
Reproduction of a Chinese “portrait” in a 14th-century Yuan Dynasty album.
Pub. of original: Dschingis Khan, no. 340, p. 304.
Ögedei Khan
Reproduction of a Chinese “portrait” in a 14th-century Yuan Dynasty album.
Pub. of original: Dschingis Khan, no. 341, p. 304.
Qubilai Khan
Reproduction of a Chinese “portrait” in a 14th-century Yuan Dynasty album.
Pub. of original: Dschingis Khan, no. 342, p. 305.
        Statue of a dignitary.
13th-14th c.
Marble. 166 x 76 x 46 cm.
Shonkh Tavan Tolgoi, Dornod prov.
Inv. No. A 282.
Pub. of reprod.: Dschingis Khan, no. 74, p. 99.


A replica of the Chingis Khan Inscription, ca. 1226 Discovered in the Trans-Baikal region on the River Kharkhiraa, a tributary of the Urlengui River and from that, the Erdene. The original is now in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. According to Gongor Lhagvasuren, the text reads: “While Chingis Khan was holding an assembly of Mongolian dignitaries, after his conquest of Sartaul [East Turkestan], Esungge shot a target at 335 alds [536 m.].” The Hermitage calculates the distance as some 400 m.
Monument of Möngke Khan, written in Mongolian and Chinese, 1257 CE
Arbulag, Khovsgol Province
Pub.: National Museum, p. 23.
Monument of the Hogshin Teel, 1275 CE
Hogshin Teel, Otorhangai Province
Silver and bronze passes (paize), 13th-14th c.
Seal with inscription of authority over 1000 soldiers.
13th-15th c., provenance unknown.
Pub.: National Museum, p. 21; cf. Dschingis Khan, no. 153, p. 176.

Mongol armor and arrows.
For mail shirt, cf. Dschingis Khan, no. 75, p. 99.
The stone tortoise outside the walls of the Erdeni Tzu Monastery on the site of Karakorum.
13th-century.
Served as base for a stele, no longer extant.
Photo 2005.
Reconstruction model of the palace at Karakorum

Objects found at Karakorum: metal work, including wheel bushings.
Pub. of cauldron: National Museum, p. 24; pub. of analogous wheel bushing: Dschingis Khan, no. 80, p. 101.
Weights.
Bronze.
Karakorum.
Pub. of analogous weights: Dschingis Khan, no. 178, p. 183.
Mirror.
Bronze.
13th-14th c.
Provenance unknown.
Publ. of analogous mirror: Dschingis Khan, no. 157, p. 177.
Mould for Buddha image.
Karakorum.




Ceramics found at Karakorum, including roof tiles and finials.
Pub.: National Museum, p. 24; for other images and discussion of ceramics at Karakorum, see Dschingis Khan, pp. 186-195.
Flasks encrusted with barnacles from Qubilai Khan’s unsuccessful attempt to conquer Japan in 1581.
Remains from a Muslim tomb in Karakorum, ca. 13th c. (on left, with detail in separate image); arrows.
Model of tomb of Chingis Khan’s eldest son Jöchi in Kazakhstan.