The Yassa Legal Code and Its Implementation across the Empire (1206–14th century)

1. Kurultai proclaims Temüjin as Chinggis Khan

   Jan 1, 1206Labels: Kurultai, Tem jin

   • Britannica
   • Britannica Yasa
   • Yassa Wiki

2. Shigi Qutuqu charged with recording judgments

   Jan 1, 1206Labels: Shigi Qutuqu, Secret History

   • Shigi Qutuqu
   • Britannica Yasa

3. Darughachi office used in conquered territories

   Jan 1, 1211Labels: Darughachi, Taxation

   • Darughachi Wiki
   • Darughachi

4. Death of Chinggis Khan; succession politics begin

   Aug 18, 1227Labels: Chinggis Khan, Succession

   • Yassa Wiki
   • gedei Wiki

5. Ögedei expands relay-post network (Yam)

   Jan 1, 1234Labels: Yam, rt

   • gedei Wiki
   • Pax Mongolica
   • Yam Route

6. Ögedei curbs abuse of paiza and jarliq

   Jan 1, 1234Labels: gedei, Paiza

   • gedei Wiki
   • Paiza

7. Shigi Qutuqu oversees census in North China

   Jan 1, 1235Labels: Shigi Qutuqu, Census

   • Shigi Qutuqu
   • gedei Wiki

8. Darughachi governance in Iran before the Ilkhanate

   Jan 1, 1243Labels: Darughachi, Arghun Aqa

   • Arghun Aqa
   • Darughachi Wiki

9. Paiza system facilitates travel on Yam routes

   Jan 1, 1250Labels: Paiza, Yam

   • UN Gifts
   • Paiza

10. Möngke restricts abuses tied to merchants and privileges

    Jan 1, 1251Labels: M ngke, Merchants

    • Paiza
    • gedei Wiki

11. Yasa coexists with sharia in Mongol Iran

    Jan 1, 1260Labels: Yasa, Sharia

    • Britannica Yasa

12. Chinggisid chancery practice differentiates decrees

    Jan 1, 1300Labels: Chancery, Jarliq

    • Cambridge IJAS

13. Rashid al-Din compiles Mongol histories in Ilkhanate

    Jan 1, 1304Labels: Rashid al-Din, J mi

    • Britannica
    • Jami Wiki

14. Yasa tradition persists into 14th-century successor states

    Jan 1, 1350Labels: Yasa, Successor states

    • Britannica Yasa
    • Riasanovsky