The history of the foundation of Qara Qorum is clouded by contradicting evidence. All information came either from later memorial inscriptions or from chronicles written at least decades after the events at different places. The joint... more
The history of the foundation of Qara Qorum is clouded by contradicting evidence. All information came either from later memorial inscriptions or from chronicles written at least decades after the events at different places. The joint excavation of the Mongolian Academy of Science and the Bonn University yielded the earliest dated primary documentary evi¬dence of Qara Qorum, a coin, struck in the year (6)35 H./1237-8 A.D., about two years after the supposed construction of the palace of Ögedai in 1235. The coin was presuma¬bly struck within the palace compound, in a workshop under the control of the Muslim community. It was found within a coppersmiths workshop located in the Chinese commercial area of the city.
The history of the foundation of Qara Qorum is clouded by contradicting evidence. All infor-mation came either from later memorial inscrip-tions or from chronicles written at least decades after the events at different places. The joint... more
The history of the foundation of Qara Qorum is clouded by contradicting evidence. All infor-mation came either from later memorial inscrip-tions or from chronicles written at least decades after the events at different places. The joint excavation of the Mongolian Academy of Sci-ence ...
The history of the foundation of Qara Qorum is clouded by contradicting evidence. All infor-mation came either from later memorial inscrip-tions or from chronicles written at least decades after the events at different places. The joint... more
The history of the foundation of Qara Qorum is clouded by contradicting evidence. All infor-mation came either from later memorial inscrip-tions or from chronicles written at least decades after the events at different places. The joint excavation of the Mongolian Academy of Sci-ence ...
