Erdeniin Tobchi

The Erdeniin Tobchi is a national chronicle of the Mongols written by Saghang Sechen in 1662.

Publication history

The Erdeniin Tobchi is commonly called The Chronicles of Sagang Sechen. A first translation into a western language (German) was published by the Moravian missionary Isaac Jacob Schmidt in 1829. The first translation into English was by John Krueger, as The Bejeweled Summary of the Origin of the Khan: A History of the Eastern Mongols to 1662. It was further translated in 2023 by Johan Elverskog as The Precious Summary: A History of the Mongols from Chinggis Khan to the Qing Dynasty.

Reception

It is generally regarded by nearly all ancient Mongolists as a primary source of accurate Mongol history. The names in this work were reputed to be uncorrupted. Erdeniin Tobchi's records of Mongol rulers were so different from Altan Tobchi in Mongolian and Habib al-siyar, Zafarnama in Persian that modern Mongolists consider Saghang Sechen's records to be inaccurate.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑
    • Mongolian: Хаадын үндэсний эрдэнийн товч, romanized: Khaadiin ündesnii erdeniin tovch, pronounced [χáːtiːɴ untɘ̆sníː ertɘ̆níːɴ tʰɔw̜t͡ɕʰ]; lit. 'National Jeweled Summary of the Khans'
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ
      ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠨ ᠦ
      ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
      ᠲᠣᠪᠴᠢ      , Qad-un ündüsün-ü erdeni-yin tobchi, [ˈqʰad̥.uŋ ˈynd̥y̆sy̆n.y ˈerd̥ĕnĭ.jin ˈtʰob̥tʃʰĭ]

References

  1. ↑ "Mongolian literature". Britannica. Retrieved 18 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Kim, Hoo (2007-01-01). Art of success: learning through great conquerors from Julius Caesar to Genghis Khan. New Day Publishers. ISBN 9789711011703.
  3. ↑ Geschichte der Ost-Mongolen und ihres Fürstenhauses. 1829
  4. ↑ "Holdings: The bejewelled summary of the origin of Khans..." www.buffalolib.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  5. ↑ The Precious Summary: A History of the Mongols from Chinggis Khan to the Qing Dynasty. Columbia University Press. 2023-03-21. ISBN 978-0-231-55673-6.
  6. ↑ 宝音德力根, Buyandelger (2000). "15世紀中葉前的北元可汗世系及政局 (Genealogy and political situation of the Northern Yuan Khans of the mid-15th century)". 蒙古史研究 (Mongolian History Research). 6: 132–136.