luka

skipped breakfast, did we?

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@VI0LETANGELS perhaps she just passed away from "grief" 🫣

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

möge khatun was the real social climber woman of the mongol empire in 13th century
she entered the court as mere concubine, lived through two great khagans and was beloved by both. she became the first de facto female regent of the empire despite not having any sons of her own...

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

authentic mongols robes specifically had flat narrow fitted sleeves for both men and women so it wouldn't be a hindrance while riding, though they DID have outer coats with much wider sleeves

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

one thing that's really been bugging me is this particular shape of sleeve design, which didn't exist on mongol deel till they submitted to the qing empire in 17th century and direct fashion influence of the manchu people

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@m8ngost33n @_cinarium_ @nineistiredasf if such laws actually existed and practiced, those foreign scholars would have meticulously and very eagerly written it down but there are NO proof of any one being executed for same sex activities

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

same sex relationships did exist during the mongol empire, hell they even encouraged close male bonds because it breeds loyalty. the tengri didn't have doctrines against it, the yassa didn't have laws criminalizing it, as long as it didn't disrupt the inheritance

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@m8ngost33n @_cinarium_ @nineistiredasf institutionalized male bonding among warriors (nöker) was celebrated, persian writers documenting the yassa often miscategorized steppe laws against specific disruptive sexual misconduct or public violations as blanket prohibitions against "sodomy"

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@truevauban2000 the most glaring part is at the end when ogedei writes down 4 good and 4 bad decisions he's made as a ruler. but of course, the possibility of smear campaign is very much real although multiple sources do say that he was generally an asshole

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

ogedei was so ready to exile his own eldest son to the front lines 😭 just in case you didn't know how much of a bitch guyuk was 😭

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

here's a passage of batu sending an emissary to snitch on guyuk, buri (chagatais grandson) and harqasun, telling ogedei what happened between them during the western campaign if anyone is curious

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@truevauban2000 but i doubt the whole book is political propaganda. it doesn't even read like one by including by the brutal and messy realities without trying to sanitize the founders as divine demi-god figures (temujin being afraid of dogs, the entire chagatai & jochi ordeal)

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

here's a passage of batu sending an emissary to snitch on guyuk, buri (chagatais grandson) and harqasun, telling ogedei what happened between them during the western campaign if anyone is curious

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@treker402 she eventually had to marry to protect her fathers honor because rumors were going around she had illicit relationship with her own father, but she definitely chose her husband herself and stayed on the battlefield until her father passed!

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

people might have heard of a mongol princess who beat multiple suitors in wrestling match and got their horses after winning on a passing whim without knowing who she actually was, she was actually the daughter of kaidu khan! ogedei khans great grand daughter 🥹

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@VI0LETANGELS if the legal code (yassa) didn't criminalize it, its dominant theology (shamanism/tengriism) had no concept of sexual sin, and the women operated in autonomous, self-governing encampments, then the absence of a record means it just wasn't relevant or considered relevant to record

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

@VI0LETANGELS interpersonal devotion and physical closeness. extending that same human reality to the female sphere is a reasonable conclusion to reach

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

back to khaganship, she likely grew up in the trenches like young temujin did 😭😭😭

[luka @imtheonlytruth]

her name is khutulun, and she seems to have been active on battlefield against the yuan army.
her involvement in warfare makes perfect sense when you realize her father had to build his entire power base from scratch in central asia just to restore the ogedeid line