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Kurultai
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".
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