The National Museum of Mongolian History :: The Mongol Empire of Chingis Khan and his successors |
[Return to Main Menu] |
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. |