Mongol Empire administration (historically)

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The Mongol Empire administration was the governing apparatus of the vast Mongol state that managed its multiethnic territories through a combination of military hierarchy, regional governors, and codified laws like the Yassa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government system ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Arabic (in Islamic regions) ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
Uighur script Mongolian ⓘ
aimedAt ensuring rapid military mobilization ⓘ
maintaining control over multiethnic territories ⓘ
maximizing tribute and tax revenue ⓘ
securing trade routes across Eurasia ⓘ
appliesTo Mongol Empire ⓘ
basedOn Chinggisid law ⓘ
characterizedBy census-based taxation ⓘ
centralized authority of the Great Khan ⓘ
merit-based promotion ⓘ
military hierarchy ⓘ
multiethnic bureaucracy ⓘ
relay-post communication system ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
developedUnder Kublai Khan ⓘ
Möngke Khan ⓘ
Ögedei Khan ⓘ
dividedInto districts ⓘ
military-tumens as territorial units ⓘ
provinces ⓘ
ulus ⓘ
economicBasis customs duties on trade ⓘ
poll taxes in some subject areas ⓘ
tax farming in some regions ⓘ
tribute ⓘ
foundedBy Genghis Khan ⓘ
governedBy Great Khan ⓘ
influenced Chagatai Khanate administration ⓘ
linked to: Chagatai Khanate

Golden Horde administration ⓘ
Ilkhanate administration ⓘ
Ming dynasty frontier administration ⓘ
Russian princely administration ⓘ
Yuan dynasty administration ⓘ
later Central Asian khanates ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese bureaucratic practices ⓘ
Perso-Islamic administrative traditions ⓘ
Uighur scribal culture ⓘ
steppe nomadic political traditions ⓘ
policy collective responsibility within units ⓘ
harsh penalties for rebellion ⓘ
promotion of long-distance trade ⓘ
protection of merchants ⓘ
religious freedom for subject peoples ⓘ
standardization of weights and measures in some regions ⓘ
tax exemptions for religious institutions ⓘ
use of passports (paiza) for officials and merchants ⓘ
reliedOn census registers ⓘ
decimal military structure ⓘ
hostage-taking of local elites ⓘ
local collaborators ⓘ
steppe military organization ⓘ
tribute collection ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
usedCommunicationSystem yam relay network ⓘ
usedDocument jarliq (imperial decree) ⓘ
linked to: Royal decree

paiza tablet ⓘ
usedInstitution darughachi system ⓘ
imperial secretariat ⓘ
kurultai ⓘ
linked to: Kurultai of 1229

ordu (imperial camp) ⓘ
yam system ⓘ
usedLegalCode Yassa ⓘ
usedOffice basqaq ⓘ
beg ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
chief judge (qadi in Islamic regions) ⓘ
darughachi ⓘ
noyan ⓘ
tamgha-collector ⓘ
vizier ⓘ

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Classical Mongolian script → usedBy → Mongol Empire administration (historically) ⓘ
Yassa legal code (attributed) → associatedWith → Mongol imperial administration ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Empire administration (historically)