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Shigi Qutuqu

Type Figure Region Mongolian Plateau Time c. 1180–1260 Also known as Shigi Hutuhu、Hutuhu、Chancellor Hu

Shigi Qutuqu (c. 1178–1260), adopted son of Genghis Khan and Börte, and the Mongol Empire's first chief judge (great judge).…

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  1. c. 1180–1230Mongolian steppe · Mongolian PlateauShigi Qutuqu was adopted by Temüjin (Genghis Khan) and Börte, participated in compiling the Great Yasa, and served as the Mongols' first chief judge, renowned for judicial fairness, with laudatory accounts of him in the Secret History of the Mongols.
  2. 1231–1234North China front · North ChinaIn 1231 Shigi Qutuqu accompanied Tolui south against Jin; after the fall of Jin in 1234 he was assigned under the banner of Khorchi (Kulchi), later transferring to an administrative post in Zhongzhou.
  3. 1235–1240Yanjing · YanjingAppointed chief judge of North China in mid-1234; in 1235–1236 he and Yelü Chucai carried out the yiwei-year household registration from Yanjing, recording about 1.1 million households, providing the data base for Ögedei's five-household silk system and Han-land tax reforms.

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