(1200–1240), Mongolian general. Chormaqan Noyan led the armies of the Mongol empire across the Amu Dar'ya River and into the area of present-day Iran in 1230, conquering much of what would later be the Il-Khanate (a Mongol dynasty that...

Branch of Altaic with twelve languages and approx. 3 million speakers in central Asia. Classical Mongolian, with a writing tradition dating back to the thirteenth century, is still used as the written language for these closely related languages....

The term Mongolian can refer to: a person, place or item from Mongolia a member of the Mongolian people, known as the Mongols the Mongolian language or the Mongolian alphabet the Mongolian culture (historical) the race native to East Asia (later also...

The article "Hungry for Their Roots" by John Pomfret {Feb. 6} amused me more than it annoyed, but the shallowness of the notions coming through as its message is beyond belief. It is folly to choose or accept as the source and carrier of...

THE BIG ELECTORAL news from the old Soviet empire comes out of Moscow, but things are also interesting in -- of all places -- remote Ulan Bator. It's the capital of Mongolia, the central Asian hinterland that is currently basking in international regard for...