![]() ![]() ![]() The Secret History also states that in 1206, Qarachar was given command of a thousand by the emperor. Having belonged to the Mongol Barlas tribe, the two acted as one of the delegations representing the group at the event. In The Secret History of the Mongols, he is mentioned alongside his father, Suqu Sechen ("the Sage"), as having attended the assembly which proclaimed Genghis Khan (then called Temüjin) ruler of the Mongols in 1190. Qarachar features very little in the histories contemporary to his lifetime. This disparity in information results in the actual details regarding his life and position becoming matters of dispute among modern academics. His role and that of his relations were thus heavily expanded and potentially mythologised by Timurid court historians, who portrayed him as a hereditary supreme commander and administrator endowed with a unique intimacy with the ruling clan. Though there is little mention of him in early sources, where he is only described as a military official, the link Qarachar provided between the old Mongol Empire and the Timurid dynasty was paramount to the latter's foundational history. ![]() Qarachar Noyan ( c.1166 – 1243/44 or 1255/56), also spelt Karachar, was a Mongol military commander under Genghis Khan as well as a paternal ancestor of Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire. ![]()
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