Baghatur

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Baghatur (Turkish pronunciation: [bɑhɑˈdɯr]), also Batur, Batır, Batar, Bahadır, Bağator, Bahadur, etc., is a historical Turkic and Mongolic honorific title, in origin a term for "hero", "valiant warrior", "brave". The Papal envoy Plano Carpini (c. 1185–1252) compared the title with the equivalent of European Knighthood. The word was common among the Mongols and became especially widespread, as an honorific title, in the Mongol Empire in the 13th century; the title persisted in its successor-states, and later came to be adopted also as a regnal title in the Ilkhanate and the Timurid dynasty, among others. In the Mughal Empire, which was a successor state of the Timurids, the term was pronounced as "Bahadur". They were also respected elites in all subsequent Mongol states, including the Yuan dynasty, Dzungar Khanate, Kalmyk Khanate and even Mongolian People's Republic. The concept of the Baghatur is present in Turco-Mongol tradition; one instance is the Bashkir epic poem Ural-batyr. The...

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