Introduction
A tribe once lived on the plains. Borjigan was the name of this tribe, and Yesugai was its chief. This tribe was at war with the Tatar tribes about eight and a half centuries ago. Tamujin, a prominent Tatar warrior, was captured during this battle. Tamojin was chained in front of the Borjigan clan chief. In such a case, Yesugai was informed that he had given birth to a son. Yesugai named his son Tamojin after his prisoner’s name.
Tamujin was born with a clot of blood in his hand. When the tribe’s elders found out, they predicted that this boy would grow up to be a great conqueror, and history has proven them right. This is the story of the same child, Tamojin, who became known to the world as Genghis Khan.
Onan River
The Onan River runs through Mongolia before entering Russia. There are vast grasslands and verdant hills on both sides of this 818-kilometer-long river. Mongolian tribes lived on the banks of this river for centuries. The ancient Mongols believed that all Mongols were descended from a wolf who lived on the same river’s banks.
Eight and a half centuries ago, on the banks of the Onan River. A Mongolian horseman was teasing his falcon, a squire. It was Yasugai, the Borjigan tribe’s chief. He came across a handcart while out hunting. Merkad, a man from another Mongol tribe, was taking a handcart. As Yasugai approached the handcart, he noticed a sixteen-year-old girl inside. He was drawn to her. He was desperate to marry her. Yasugai and his two brothers assaulted the man.
The Merkad tribe’s man was unable to compete. He ran away from the girl who was his wife. This girl, who was now in Yasugai’s possession, belonged to another clan, the Ulkhund, and her name was Huilin. Yesugai married her at his decision.
Birth of Genghis khan
Tamujin, the child born from Hulyan’s womb to this Yesugai, was born around 1162. Tamojin literally translates as blacksmith. Genghis Khan is said to have been born in this region of northeastern Mongolia. The Mongol tribes were extremely backward at the time. They led a nomadic existence. They lived in the pasture at times and at the foot of the hill at other times.
That is, they lived in areas with more food and fodder. They were so skilled at hunting that they could shoot arrows while riding a horse and kill even his enemies. In the same way, Tamujan excelled in horsemanship and archery as a child. When he was nine years old, his father proposed to him to Borte, a ten-year-old girl from the Avingrat tribe.
Yesugai left Tamojin’s future father-in-law in his clan after his engagement and returned home on his own. But before leaving, he told them to look after Tamojin. He is terrified of dogs. Yasugai was happily returning to his camp after his teenage son’s betrothal when he became very thirsty on the way. After some searching, he discovered some Mongols throwing a feast at a location. Yesugai was at odds with the people of the Tatar tribe. But he thought who would recognize him here.
Yasugai’s death
After a few sips of water and a full meal, I’ll depart. So he went to the people’s feast. Strangers were frequently invited to Mongol feasts. However, no one recognised Yesugai due to his naiveté. One person in the crowd saw and recognised him, and then secretly told others about it. Instead of attacking and killing him, they took the safe route and poisoned his food.
Yesugai left with his own pleasant invitation. But as his condition deteriorated, he realised the poison was having an effect. Nonetheless, he made it home. He died in his tent on the third day after being poisoned. But, before he died, he told his people what had happened to him and where it had occurred.
With Yesugai’s death, the issue of clan chieftainship also arose. He had a small nomadic tribe. But he was a prisoner of traditions. They considered only him as a chief who could make himself a chief with his strength and ability. So his clansmen were not ready to accept any of Yesugai’s wife and young children as their chief. Rather, they soon began to leave them. By this time Tamujan had also returned from his father-in-law’s house.
He and his mother tried to stop the tribesmen but could not stop anyone except a few loyalists. The few people who were left behind now settled on the banks of the river. And from there they started spending the day by eating and drinking or playing bird hunting. They made floats of wood and pointed bones and wore clothes made of rat and dog skins. It was a very difficult time for Tamojin’s family. And these hardships made Tamujan hard-hearted and stony-hearted.
While hunting for food and playing with dangers, he became entangled with his half-brother Baktar one day. despite the fact that his brother had picked up the bird he had hunted. He was so upset that when his brother took his fish for the second time, he killed him with an arrow. Tamojan was the oldest of five children. He had two half-brothers as well, one of whom he had already murdered. As a result, Tamujan assumed leadership of his family at a young age. People were admiring his fighting abilities and fighting spirit. When people came to see his clansmen, they were told that Yasugai’s son Tamujan was extracting many parts. And he’s turning into something special.
Kidnapping of Tamojan
Maybe at some point he will try to take back the leadership. Perhaps it was this fear that one day the people of the tribe attacked the camp from Tamojan’s makeshift. But Tamojin and his colleagues were not completely unaware. They built a strong fence around the camp. Taking a position behind the same fence, they stopped the attackers for some time. The attackers were also not very numerous, instead of a long contest, they demanded that if only Tamojin was handed over to them, they would not say anything to the rest. But none of the camp agreed to this demand.
However, Tamujin took advantage of the opportunity to flee during this conversation. He mounted his horse and decided to ride away from the camp, into the forest. When the attackers saw him running, they abandoned the camp siege and pursued him. Tamujan was now in the lead, with the enemy trailing behind. His life was in grave peril. But he managed to get away from them and reach the forest ahead of them. His adversaries surrounded this area of the forest, waiting for him to emerge hungry and thirsty and capture him. Tamujan spent the first three days and three nights in this forest without eating or drinking anything, according to The Secret History of the Mongols.
In Forest
On the third day, he thought of going out, but when he started to go out, the horse’s saddle fell. He took it as an ominous sign that he should not venture out of the forest just yet. He turned and went back there and hid again. He remained there for the next three days. There was nothing there that a human could eat willingly. I don’t know how he kept filling his stomach there, eating leaves, chewing the bark of trees or maybe something else. Whatever it was, he did not let the rope of life break.
On the fourth day, he emerged. But it happened again, this time a white rock fell on him as he was making his way out of the dense forest. Tamojin then took this as an omen, a divine sign, and returned. He hid in the forest for three more days. But now hunger and thirst were overwhelming him. He was desperate to get out of the woods. However, he expected his adversaries to have abandoned the siege by now. So he took out his knife and began cutting the bushes around the area where the path had become blocked due to the rock’s fall, and thus the path was created. But what exactly is it?
His enemies had not gone anywhere; they were still waiting for him outside. They kidnapped Tamujin. Tamujin’s life or death was now in their hands. However, they will soon decide not to kill you, who are currently in prison. His adversaries tied a wooden shackle around his neck to prevent him from fleeing easily. Tamujan attended the celebration as well, but he was obviously bound in shakanje. A teenage boy was holding his chain.
Tamojan escaped
Around Tamojan, the clansmen were dancing, singing and celebrating the victory. But soon the tribesmen began to scatter here and there in despair. Among the scattered people, Tamojin began to look for opportunity. Seizing the opportunity, he swung his heavy noose around his neck, hitting the chained boy on the head. The boy got hurt and fell on the ground. The chain fell from his hand and Tamojan ran away. The injured boy made a noise, but it took some time for the celebrants to understand the situation.
But as soon as they realized the situation, they quickly moved and began to survey the surrounding forest and streams. The night was full of moonlight. The thing was clearly visible. Then the shackle on Tor Jin’s neck was very heavy. Tamojin’s escape was apparently impossible.
The tribesmen were sure that he could not go far. They would find him soon, but despite a secret search, they found no trace of Tamojin. Where did Tamujin disappear to? What actually happened was that Tamujin was very clever. He had not gone far from this camp. He was lying nearby in a river with very little water. He was looking for a suitable opportunity but then it happened that a man saw him hiding in the river.
This could have been Tamojan’s last day. But the man turned out to be a Tamujan supporter. Instead of telling her, he advised her to meet with her brothers and mother privately and promised to remain silent. He returned to his tent quietly, without telling anyone. However, at some point during the night, someone broke into his tent. It was Tamujan. And once again, he needed the assistance of his secret sympathiser.
Tamojan find his family
He couldn’t run away because he couldn’t move easily with the heavy shackle around his neck. Once again, the man came in handy. Tamujan was unchained and burned by him and his sons. Meanwhile, those looking for Tamojin were also flocking to the same location, analysing each location. Tamujan was hidden in a hut behind Hamdard’s tent, with wool piled on him. The searchers made it all the way to this pile of wool. They began removing the wool from the pile in order to find him. Those people had a good chance of finding Tamojin.
But in such a situation, his compassionate host’s prudence came to him. He noticed the searchers sweating. He asked the soldiers how anyone could hide inside wool when it was so difficult to stand near it. The soldiers were probably tired of looking and looking. This sentence became an excuse for him, and he abandoned the search entirely. They will, without a doubt, return to where they came from. Tamujin narrowly escaped once more.
The man took Tamojin out of the cage after these people had left. He was given a mare to ride on, meat to eat, a bow, and two arrows. Tamojin arrived at the location where his brothers and relatives had last helped him escape, where his camp had once been, after a long detour. They left the area because they were afraid of being attacked now that there was nothing there.
Tamujan, like other Mongols, was a skilled explorer. From the marks on the horses’ tops and other clues, he deduced which way his companions might have gone. After much searching, he came to his own conclusion. Tamujan then took the caravan with his brief and fled to the mountains, preventing his enemies from killing him and his loved ones. They stopped to camp in a relatively safe location. However, they had to eat rats several times to satisfy their hunger. They were occasionally attacked by robbers. But they persevered, and days passed.
Tamojan merriage
Tamojan was sixteen years old. He began to miss his fiancee, so he visited his future father-in-home. law’s She married Borte here, and her in-laws gave her a very valuable postin as a gift. Tamujan arrived home with his bride and prized postin. He made a fresh, peaceful start. Even her angels were unaware that her bridal gown and precious sable gown were transporting her to an unforgettable moment in history. The Tamojin lived as nomads along river banks. They survived by eating wild animals, fish, and fruits. Then one day he discovered that near where he was encamped, there was also an encampment of Kirat, a powerful Mongol tribe.
Tughral, also known as Ong Khan, was the leader of the Kirat tribe. Yesugi, Tamojin’s father, and he had been close friends. Tamujan decided to meet with Ong Khan. Tamujan walked with the sable skins he received from his father-in-law. When he arrived at Ong Khan, he gave him a postin gift and reminded him of his father’s old friendship. Ong Khan joined forces with the son of an old friend to become Tamujan’s ally. He was so pleased with Pustin’s gift that he told Tamujan, “In exchange, I will re-establish your scattered tribe as your chiefdom.” Tamojin made his way back from Ong’s camp.
He was overjoyed, and he was confident that he would soon reclaim his clan chief and no longer have to wander around Darbad. However, a terrible incident occurred to him a few days after his return, which was a huge blow to his ego. The sun was just rising one morning. Tamujan and his family were still sleeping when the ground began to rumble with the hoofs of countless horses.
kidnapping of Borte
Tamujan was attacked by his father’s enemy, the Merkad tribe. It was the same clan that kidnapped Tamojan’s father’s ex-wife, Holin, from the Yesugai Way and brought her into his clan. Tamujan realised they were coming for vengeance after witnessing this attack. So Tamujan hid his wife, Borte, in a bullock cart right away. Then he instructed his old servant to take her as far away from him as possible. Tamojan sent his wife to one side and went to the other with his brothers and mother so that the attackers could not track him down and capture his wife. However, the car carrying his wife was stopped, and Tamojan was able to reach the mountains safely.
Tamujin’s wife was in his possession, just as Tamujin’s father was once in Tamujin’s possession. When Tamujan learns that Gek has kidnapped his wife, he flees in rage to Ong Khan, the chief of the Kirat tribe. Ong Khan kept his word and maintained his relationship. He sent 20,000 soldiers with Tamujan. Meanwhile, his childhood friend Jamuka arrived with 20,000 warriors to help him. Tamujan’s morale skyrocketed after he took this massive army with him. He began mapping forests and plains. But, of course, that tribe was also nomadic. He didn’t have a single place to live. As a result, this army pursued the Merkad tribe all the way to Siberia, 400 kilometres away.
Tamojan’s first war
There was even a lake that was the world’s largest freshwater lake. This lake, located in Russia, is also the world’s deepest. The Merkad tribe was seen on the banks of this lake, which the people of the time were unaware of. He launched a surprise attack late at night. When they saw such a large army, many people fled. The remaining kids began to compete. The apocalypse was filled with the sounds of swords, human screams, and horses. Tamojan was making strange noises due to the chaos. Borte had no idea the attackers were his own clan, and Tamujan was one of them.
That’s why she was riding away on a horse with the rest of the people. But when he heard Tamujan’s voice in his ears, he recognised it. She screamed and ran towards her beloved husband. Tamojin mounted her on a horse, and the two reunited, and she remained with Tamojin until her death. Following that, those who were able to flee fled, but none of those who remained survived. Borte had arrived in Tamujan, but there was an issue. She also lost hope during her eight months in prison.
She gave birth to a son a few weeks after her return. His name was Jo Chi Khan. Tamujan’s family rejected Juchi Khan as a Merkad clan descendant. But Tamujan, who adored Borte, adopted this son as well and never treated him as a stepchild. Tamujan was going to make a name for himself in history at this point. Then something happened that transformed him from Tamujin to Genghis Khan. How did he come to be known as Genghis Khan? Why did Genghis Khan go to war against his close friend in the first great war? Why did Genghis Khan make the decision to conquer the entire world?
To be continued…..