I have been looking for info on the Saxin tribe that was (surprize) defeated by the Mongols. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would be in...
"The Devil's Horsemen, The Mongol Invasion of Europe" by James Chambers that is on sale at Barnes and Noble in the discount aisle talks about them as a tribe...
I have already read said Devils Horseman book and pounded the internet. I just thought someone may have a hardcopy of something that may define them better....
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me with documenting my SCA mongol name. I wanted the name Chuluun which means "stone" but have no period source...
Dear Friends, Tomorrow, Friday, March 5 and through March 21 Yara Arts Group is presenting "The Warrior's Sister," a new original world music theater piece at...
Infant is balchir In more informal/slang terms maamuu because the is usually the first word it says. That is a popular nickname in Mongolia for girls, but also...
That would be Eme Gun, but the more general term for noble-born women was Khatan or Khatagtai. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Shiao bing are simply any kind of flat bread. In fact our beloved Mongolian khuushuur are called that by Chinese fast food sellers in Huhhot. [Non-text...
You're right, it's stone. It's in the Secret History under the medieval rendering Chila'un. Actually it even appears in the SH as a person's name, so you're...
... Actually I disagree. 'Kh' implies the masculine, back of the mouth, throaty version which accompanies the vowels 'A', 'O', and 'U', as in "Khaan". While...
... moreinformation about transliteration systems, I'm all ears. Every time I think I have it all figured out, the next thing I read on it has somebody doing...
[[It's not like Chinese where you have a set Romanization standard like Pinyin.]] Well -- that is fairly recent. Wade-Giles was predominant before, but there...
Friands, Has any one heard of The Memorial Feast for Kokotoy-Khan: A Kirgiz Epic Poem by A. T. Hatto? The best information that I can find is that it is "The ...
Yale Univ. library has it. I cannot check it out due to excessive fines. Details tomorrow on how to inter-library loan it to your local univ. library. Jaji...
The special promotion of the series of books on coin finds in Armenia (Antiquity, Greek, Roman, Sasanian, Byzatine, islamic, etc., coins) will end at the end...
In a message dated 3/10/2004 5:40:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, g.page@... writes: Yale Univ. library has it. I cannot check it out due to excessive fines....
Well -- that is fairly recent. Wade-Giles was predominant before, but there are still many, many ways of romanizing Chinese. Right you are. Personally I prefer...
The book in question is on it's way to my library (under a co-worker's name.....) I won't be able to loan it out, but will read it cover to cover and will give...
... Avarga, where are you located? It is not a very rare text, I found 6 different University libraries in Ohio that have it. Just go to your own local...
... In my own defense I must say that one portion of the fines is a book replacement fee for a book borrowed for a friend. The book was replaced and the fees...
I found several copies of the book overseas by typing the ISBN 0197135935 into Google. Asking price $180, ouch. Guess I'm going to be making a trip to the ...
... I can understand that--faculty priviledges at UA let me keep a book six months and then there are 2 more renewals. After I've had it a year and a half I...
If it's the Wei Pei Chi (or Wei Pei Ching) I'd also be very interested in any info on it-it's referenced in a number of period sources, and I've seen several...
... That sounds like it. Yes, there are great sword references so it must be the same. I will do my best to locate it today. The Yale (main) library catalog is...
Hello, I am interested in getting a period source for the name "giant". I have in my modern Mongolian dictionaries that it is "avraga". There is someone on...
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