Kurultai (Tatar: Qorıltay), (Khural meaning meeting in Mongolian) is a political and military council of ancient Mongol chiefs and khans. All Great Khans of the Mongol Empire, for example Genghis Khan and Ogedei Khan, were formally elected in a Kurultai. Also spelled as kurultay, qurultay, kuriltai, qoriltay.

Various Turkic peoples use it as a synonym for council, assembly, convention, gathering.

Usually the word is used in political or administrative sense, e.g., as a kind of Parliament or Congress, but not necessarily.

Examples are "World Qorıltay of Bashkirs", "Fourth kurultay of Crimean Tatars", "National Kurultai of Kyrgyzstan".

See also

• Mongols
• Genghis Khan
• Mongol Empire
• Ting
• Witenagemot
• Loya Jirga
• Veche
• Wiec

External link

• www.qurultay.org