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Without the daughters of Genghis Khan, there would have been no Mongol Empire. Four women ruled over North, South, East, and West, in what would become the largest land empire in the history of the world. It’s a story you’ve never heard, because the sisters were literally cut out of the Mongol records. Join us with eminent Mongol scholar Jack Weatherford, who went searching for the missing story… and found it.
illustrations of the Khatun by Brooke Smart – from The Book of Sisters
Jack Weatherford is the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret History of the Mongol Queens and many other books, which have been published in more than thirty languages. In 2022, on the 860th anniversary of the birth of Genghis Khan, President Khurelsukh made Weatherford the first foreigner to receive Mongolia’s highest honor, the Order of Chinggis Khan, which had only been awarded fifteen times in Mongolian history.
Music featured in this episode included:
Selections from Gregory Lyons’ recordings of Mongolian folk songs here and here.
Oirat folk song performed on Mongolian Horse-Head Fiddle by Paint With Music
“The Golden Present” and “Angel Guides” by Jess Gallagher
“Desert Caravan” by Aaron Kenny
“Lao Tzu Erhu” and “Arabian Nightfall” by Doug Maxwell
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