Erdeniin Tobchi

The Erdeniin Tobchi (Mongolian: Хаадын үндэсний эрдэнийн товч, ᠬᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ
ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠨ ᠦ
ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠨᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠲᠣᠪᠴᠢ, summary of the Khans' treasure) is a national chronicle of the Mongols written by Saghang Sechen in 1662.^[1]

The Erdeniin Tobchi is commonly called The Chronicles of Sagang Sechen.^[2] A first translation into a western language (German) was published by the Moravian missionary Isaac Jacob Schmidt in 1829.^[3] The English translation by John Krueger is called The Bejeweled Summary of the Origin of the Khan: A History of the Eastern Mongols to 1662.^[4]

It is generally regarded by nearly all ancient Mongolists as a primary source of accurate Mongol history. The names in this work were reputed to be uncorrupted. Erdeniin Tobchi's records of Mongol rulers were so different from Altan Tobchi in Mongolian and Habib al-siyar, Zafarnama in Persian that modern Mongolists consider Saghang Sechen's records to be inaccurate.^[5]

See also

• Altan Tobchi
• The Secret History of the Mongols
• Altan Debter

References

1. "Mongolian literature". Britannica. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
2. Kim, Hoo (2007-01-01). Art of success: learning through great conquerors from Julius Caesar to Genghis Khan. New Day Publishers. ISBN 9789711011703.
3. Geschichte der Ost-Mongolen und ihres Fürstenhauses. 1829
4. "Holdings: The bejewelled summary of the origin of Khans..." www.buffalolib.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
5. 宝音德力根, Buyandelger (2000). "15世紀中葉前的北元可汗世系及政局 (Genealogy and political situation of the Northern Yuan Khans of the mid-15th century)". 蒙古史研究 (Mongolian History Research). 6: 132–136.