Nökör

The term nökör (Mongolian: нөхөр comrade, companion, friend)[1][2] was applied in the time of Genghis Khan to soldiers who abandoned their family ties and devoted themselves exclusively to their leader.[3] The nature of their bond to the leader was of friendship or individual pledges, rather than hereditary obligations.[4] They were valiant and loyal fighters.[5] Many of the most prominent generals of Genghis Khan were nökhör.[3]

Today the term is used more loosely.[3] Derivatives of the term are found in several languages, including Azerbaijani (nökər), Armenian (նոքար nokʽar), Persian (نوکر nokar), Hindustani (نَوکَر‎/नौकर naukar), Bengali (নওকর nôukôr) and Hungarian (nyögér).[6]

References
  1. Togan, Isenbike (1998). Flexibility and Limitation in Steppe Formations The Kerait Khanate and Chinggis Khan. Brill. p. 111. ISBN 9789004108028.
  2. Russian History: Histoire Russe Volume 28, Issues 1-4. University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh. 2001. p. 164. ISBN 9789004108028.
  3. "Nökhör". Britannica. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. Hope, Michael (2016). Power, Politics, and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Īlkhānate of Iran. Oxford University Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9780191081071.
  5. Herbert Franke; Denis C. Twitchett, eds. (1978). The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368. Cambridge University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780521243315.
  6. Róna-Tas and Berta. (2011) West Old Turkic, vol. 2, p. 623-25


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