Kurultai

Contents
1 Old usage
2 Modern usage
3 See also
4 External link

Old usage

Kurultai (Tatar: Qorıltay), (Khural meaning meeting in Mongolian) is a political and military council of ancient Mongol chiefs and khans. All Great Khans of the Mongol Empire, for example Genghis Khan and Ogedei Khan, were formally elected in a Kurultai.

Modern usage

Various modern Turkic peoples use it in political or administrative sense, as a synonym for parliament, congress, council, assembly, convention, gathering. Examples are: "World Qorıltay of Bashkirs", "Fourth Qurultay of Crimean Tatars", "National Kurultai of Kyrgyzstan".

Also spelled as: kurultay, qurultay, kuriltai, qoriltay.

See also

External link

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See also: Kurultai, Assembly, Bashkir, Congress, Convention, Council, Crimean Tatars, Gathering