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Boraqchin Khatun was an Alchi Tatar woman, one of the Tatar tribes that roamed the east of Mongolia. She was the chief or senior wife of Batu Khan, and probably the mother of Sartaq Khan. In 1257, she served as regent of the Golden Horde on behalf of Ulaghchi, who was Sartaq's son and probably her grandson. [1]
Boraqchin was the first and eldest wife of Ögedei Khan. Some sources state that she was of the Khongirad clan [2] wich seems believable considering that many previous ancestors of her husband Ögedei and subsequent descendants of him abd of Ghengis Khan and his sons did the same.
As dawn breaks over a moveable city of ten thousand yurts, Queen Boraqchin readies her kingdom for departure to their summer camping grounds. While her husband, the grandson of Genghis Khan, is out raiding, she juggles the duties of managing flocks, family and a city of thousands.
Boraqchin may refer to: Boraqchin (wife of Ögedei) Boraqchin (Tatar), wife of Batu Khan and regent for Ulaghchi; Boraqchin Agachi, a wife of Hulagu Khan
As dawn breaks over a moveable city of ten thousand yurts, Queen Boraqchin readies her kingdom for departure to their summer camping grounds. While her husband, the grandson of Genghis Khan, is out raiding, she juggles the duties of managing flocks, family and a city of thousands.
Oct 2, 2019 · These included the senior khatun, like Ögedei’s wife Boraqchin, who managed the largest and wealthiest establishment, as well as a few other wives, Töregene among them, who controlled lesser camps that lined up next to Boraqchin’s own.
were not revealed until the death of the first wife, Boraqchin, and of Möge Khatun, formerly a wife of Chinggis Khan.4 JuwaynT wrote that Töregene "was moreover shrewder and more sagacious than Möge Khatun"5 and even before the death of these two other wives, Töregene took the initiative.
