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Mongol Great Yasa
The Mongol Great Yasa (also Yasa, Jasagh, Ikh Zasag) was the body of imperial edicts and customary law promulgated by Genghis Khan and his successors…
Timeline
- 1229Köde'a Aral · Töv ProvinceAt the 1229 kuriltai, Ögedei confirmed that Genghis Khan's edicts remained in force and added provisions on dress and court audiences, which historians call a proclamation of the 'Great Yasa'. The Secret History of the Mongols records that he ordered his adoptive son Shigi Qutuqu to oversee judicial registration and Chagatai to enforce the law.
- 1231–1240Mongol Empire conquered territories · Mongol EmpireIn the 1230s, over the former lands of Jin and Western Xia and newly subdued regions of the western campaigns, the khan's court used the Yasa to restrain armies from unauthorized plundering, require hostages and tribute from submittees, and protect trade routes and envoys. The Jami' al-Tawarikh and Arab historians record that princes and judges decided cases by the Great Khan's edicts, with the Yasa operating alongside local customary law and Islamic law.
Sources
- YĀSĀ — Morgan, David O. https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/yasa-law-code/
- The "Great Yasa of Chingis Khan" and Mongol Law in the Ilkhanate — Morgan, David O. (1986)
- The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century — Igor de Rachewiltz (trans.) (2004)