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Yassa
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Following the death of Genghis Khan in 1227, the Yassa continued to be applied by his successors, notably Ögedei Khan. Over time, regional Khans, particularly those who established successor states such as the Golden Horde and the Ilkhanate, supplemented or selectively reinterpreted the original decrees to suit local conditions and existing legal traditions (e.g., incorporating elements of Islamic Sharia or Chinese bureaucratic precedent).
The written compilation known as the Yassa of Genghis Khan that survives today is…