6.5 History of the Kereyid

Hello! My name is Corey and welcome to the Mongol Empire Podcast. In this episode we take a break from the main narrative to construct a history of the Kereyid tribe. Ruled in Temujin’s era by the controversial Toghoril Khan, the Kereyid tribe play a critical part in the Mongol leader’s rise to power. The history of the Kereyid has been tracked back to the 840s.

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Primary Source Credits:

Bar Hebraeus. Chronography, ed. and trans. By E.A. Wallis Budge (Oxford University Press, 1932)

Rashiduddin Fazullah. Jami’u’t-Tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles, ed. and trans. by W.M. Thackston, 3 vols (Harvard University Press, 1998)

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"Majestic Hills" by Kevin MacLeod is used with a Lifetime Extended License.

Researched, written and presented by Corey Still, CS Productions.