<P> The Secret History of the Mongols (Traditional Mongolian: Mongγol - un niγuča tobčiyan, Khalkha Mongolian: Монголын нууц товчоо, Mongolyn nuuts tovchoo) is the oldest surviving literary work in the Mongolian language . It was written for the Mongol royal family some time after Genghis Khan's death, in 1227, by an anonymous author and probably originally in the Mongolian script, but the surviving texts all derive from transcriptions or translations into Chinese characters that date from the end of the 14th century and were compiled by the Ming dynasty under the title The Secret History of the Yuan Dynasty (Chinese: 元朝 秘史; pinyin: Yuáncháo mìshǐ). Also known as Tobchiyan (Chinese: 脫 必 赤 顏 or 脫 卜赤顏; pinyin: Tūobìchìyán, Tūobochìyán) in the History of Yuan . </P> <P> The Secret History is regarded as the single most significant native Mongolian account of Genghis Khan . Linguistically, it provides the richest source of pre-classical Mongolian and Middle Mongolian . The Secret History is regarded as a piece of classic literature in both Mongolia and the rest of the world . </P> <P> The work begins with a semi-mythical genealogy of Temüjin's family . The description of Temüjin's life begins with the kidnapping of his mother, Hoelun, by his father Yesügei . It then covers Temüjin's early life; the difficult times after the murder of his father; and the many conflicts against him, wars, and plots before he gains the title of Genghis Khan (Universal Ruler) in 1206 . The latter parts of the work deal with the campaigns of conquest of Genghis and his third son Ögedei throughout Eurasia; the text ends with Ögedei's reflections on what he did well and what he did wrong . It relates how the Mongol Empire was created . </P> <P> It contains 12 chapters: </P>

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