Boraqchin (wife of Ögedei) explained

Boraqchin was the first and eldest wife of Ögedei Khan.^[1] Some sources state that she was of the Khongirad clan^[2] which seems believable considering that many ancestors and descendants of her husband Ögedei and Ghengis Khan did the same.

They had no surviving children.^[3]

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.^[4]

See also

• History of Mongolia
• Ogedei Khan

Notes and References

1. Book: Rashid al-Din . Hamadani . The Successors of Genghis Khan . 1971 . Columbia University Press . John Andrew Boyle.
2. Book: Howorth, Sir Henry Hoyle . History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century . 1876 . Burt Franklin . en.
3. Book: Broadbridge . Anne . Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire . 2018 . Cambridge University Press . 167.
4. de Rachewiltz . Igor . Was Toregene Qatun Ogodei's "Sixth Empress"? . East Asian History . 1999 . 17/18 . 71–76 .