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Darkhan
Darkhan ( ) is a craftsman or an honorary privilege in the Mongolian language. It can also refer to: - "a generous king" in the Kazakh language. - in Turkic, it is a title (a position at the khan's court) that grants a person the right to freely enter and leave the khan's tent. Darkhan had a right of 9-fold pardon, that could be inherited through 9 generations. This title also meant that a person was free from tax obligations. - as an adjective in the Kazakh language it also has a meaning of "spacious" or "unlimited". - "Darkhan" means "the blacksmith" among buryat culture. Traditionally, buryats believed that the first blacksmith(darkhan) lived in Heaven and he had a gift of forging happiness between husband and wife.
Article summary
Darkhan ( ) is a craftsman or an honorary privilege in the Mongolian language. It can also refer to: - "a generous king" in the Kazakh language. - in Turkic, it is a title (a position at the khan's court) that grants a person the right to freely enter and leave the khan's tent. Darkhan had a right of 9-fold pardon, that could be inherited through 9 generations. This title also meant that a person was free from tax obligations. - as an adjective in the Kazakh language it also has a meaning of "spacious" or "unlimited". - "Darkhan" means "the blacksmith" among buryat culture. Traditionally, buryats believed that the first blacksmith(darkhan) lived in Heaven and he had a gift of forging happiness between husband and wife.
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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