Muscali

The Muscali (Mongolian: Musjalu'ut, Musjalu'ut, Musjalut; also Musajaluud) Family Genghised Origins.’ were a Mongol and later Turkicized We know definitely that the leading clan of the Muscali tribe traced its origin to Köchü, head of one of White Horde/Golden Horde... These then were the most prominent members of the Ulus Jochi: the old Mongolian tribes — Börjigin.

Origins

According to the Secret History of the Mongols, written during the reign of Ögedei Khan, the Muscali shared ancestry with the Borjigin, the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors, and other Mongol clans. The leading clan of the Muscali traced its origin to Köchü Khan, head of one of Jochi's regiments. Köchü Khan was a direct ancestor of the legendary Mongol warlord Genghis Khan The Secret History of the Mongols.

Due to extensive contacts with the native population of Mosul, the tribe had adopted the religion of Islam.

See also

• Mongol Empire