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The Life of Jenghiz Khan

Robert K. Douglas · 1877

An English translation of a Chinese account of Genghis Khan's life, with an introduction by the translator.

A translated Chinese account studying Genghis Khan's life, offering a non-European perspective on him.

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Robert K. Douglas (translator), The Life of Jenghiz Khan, 1877.

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What it is

This book, published in 1877, is a translation from Chinese of an account of Genghis Khan's life, prepared by Robert Kennaway Douglas with an added introduction. The scanned book is held online as a PDF through the Internet Archive.

Why it matters

Because it draws on a Chinese source rather than a Persian or European one, this translation offers a different angle on Genghis Khan's life, showing how various cultures that encountered the Mongols recorded his story.

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