Kurultai
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Old usage
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.
Modern usage
Various modern Turkic peoples use it in political or administrative sense, as a synonym for parliament, congress, council, assembly, convention, gathering. Examples are: "World Qorıltay of Bashkirs", "Fourth Qurultay of Crimean Tatars", "National Kurultai of Kyrgyzstan".
Also spelled as: kurultay, qurultay, kuriltai, qoriltay.
