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Post by Subu'atai on Jun 27, 2008 22:29:43 GMT 3
Here is a thread to discuss nomadic women's proud military history of the steppes. In Mongolia our women have always been known to share equality with men and they too have martial prowess. Even today pistol competitions are being won by Mongolian women. In Europe Sarmatians/Scythians also well known for their warrior women.
And Bor Chono - you have to help me on this, there was a Mongolian princess in who did not wish to marry any man unless he could successful win against her in a wrestling match. Sadly I only heard the tale when I was younger so I forgot her name.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jun 28, 2008 15:51:15 GMT 3
And Bor Chono - you have to help me on this, there was a Mongolian princess in who did not wish to marry any man unless he could successful win against her in a wrestling match. Sadly I only heard the tale when I was younger so I forgot her name. You can see the same as an Oghuz lady in the Dede Qorqut Tales
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Post by snafu on Jun 30, 2008 10:07:25 GMT 3
Yeah I think that girl was named Khulan. Marco Polo tells that story in his book too.
There are some famous empresses and female warriors among the Khitans too. The mother of the Liao emperor Shen-tsung, Ch'eng-t'ien, was a military commander who personally lead armies against the Sung. Her sister Hu-lien was also a military leader who battled the Tsu-pu in Mongolia and founded the town of K'o-tun (Kedun), which became the Khitans' main Mongolian outpost.
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jul 1, 2008 2:09:24 GMT 3
In the biography of Xiao Yu (Hsiao Yü) 蕭瑀 in Jiu Tangshu (Chiu T'ang-shu) 舊唐書 and Xin Tangshu (Hsin T'ang-shu) 新唐書, it's written that Blue Turk (Gök Türk / Tujue [T'u-chüeh] 突厥) Qatuns joined military campaigns according to their traditions.
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