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Mongol Ordo (Mobile Court)

Type Object Region Mongolian Plateau Time 1241–1250

The ordo was the mobile tent court of the Mongol Empire's great khans and their families, serving as the actual seat of rule through seasonal circuit…

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  1. 1241Steppe of the Orkhon River basin · Orkhon River basinAround the time of Ögedei Khan's death in 1241, the empire's highest affairs were still handled in the ordo on the Mongolian Plateau, where princes and ministers gathered at the great khan's tent to discuss succession and the aftermath of the western campaigns.
  2. 1246–1250Central pastures of the Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauAfter Güyük Khan acceded in 1246, he used the mobile ordo to receive envoys from the various ulus, issue edicts, and coordinate military and diplomatic affairs toward Rus, Persia, and Song territory, maintaining the empire's nominal unified center.

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