Golden Horde

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English

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Etymology

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A reference to the gold-hung palace-tent (orda) of the Great Khan, whence all power was derived.[1]

Proper noun

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Golden Horde

  1. (historical) A Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire.
    Meronyms: Blue Horde, White Horde
    • 1880, H. H. Howorth, History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century, Longmans, Green, and Company, page 199:
      In that year all the sons of Juchi except Tuka Timur went to assist at the inauguration of Ogotai Khan, and he was left behind in charge of the Golden Horde.
    • 1970, Norman Spinrad, The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde[1], Doubleday, →ISBN:
      As the last Khan of the Golden Horde watched in senile befuddlement, the great silver bird issued a terrible battlecry and began to move.
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References

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  1. ^ Christopher Pratt Atwood (2004) “Golden Horde”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol empire, Facts On File, →ISBN, page 201

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