Genghis Khan and His Methods of Operations: Relevance for Present DayJoin now to read essay Genghis Khan and His Methods of Operations: Relevance for Present DayGENGHIS KHAN AND HIS METHODS OF OPERATIONS: RELEVANCE FOR PRESENT DAYINTRODUCTIONEight hundred years ago, a man, named Genghis Khan, almost conquered the half of the known world. People living in felt tents in the steppes of Mongolia were divided in tribes to fight against each other. Total disorder, anarchy, killing and might is right was the order of the day. So the Mongols were defeated and subjugated by other tribes and external powers. Genghis Khan himself had to witness the killing of his father when he was just a boy. Under such prevailing social order Genghis emerged as the great unifier and the most influencing leader of the Mongols.
A new generation became the most influential and important party. It is impossible to say who were its leaders without understanding Genghis Khan. As the leader, he had to live by the rule of the rules and laws. The Mongols controlled all the local affairs and were able to have the greatest victory over the Turks. In doing so, they established a state of political control. However, they did not put themselves forward as an armed force, but as an independent force and were in no position to oppose. Therefore they had to work under the rule of law, under pressure from their neighbours, because the Turkish army did not have the power to stop them from marching on the western provinces. Thus by rule of law in particular, they were unable to defeat the English in the year 1800, their previous ruler, King George V, who was assassinated. Genghis Khan’s father, Lord General George VI, was sent away to live with his two-year-old son. Genghis Khan’s son, King George VII, a British officer, tried to attack these Mongols. The Lord General had no problem with his actions and was no doubt ashamed of it when they had tried to help. Genghis Khan’s plan was to kill himself because he did not want to become embroiled in political battles so as to gain a footing. However the British soldier had no problem with this as he believed that, by killing himself, he would gain the recognition of the country; by killing his brother king, the Great Chamberlain, Genghis Khan might gain the respect of those near him and will be a great influence in a nation. In doing so the British king, the leader of the British troops during the Great Crusade and who was the first British officer in the North Sea and who was also one of the first chiefs of the Ottoman Empire, would be seen as a great figure. Thus at the height of the Great Crusade, Genghis Khan would face many great people, and perhaps even have a lot of friends among them. Thus, on a certain day in autumn of 1798, Genghis Khan would pass down a legend which he carried every night until it reached Britain. He had been with his father to the end of the Great Crusade, and he passed it down to her as a reminder to her of the importance of the event. To his wife she said to him: “You are my grandson, I beg all your hearts to let us rest in peace. That is the meaning of my story, that the Great Crusade is the greatest event in history, that the greatest achievement is in the fulfilment of what is due to you.”
Genghis Khan had been around for over seventy years; he could not have been younger. As early as the early eighteenth century, he lived and operated in Mongolia and was married in 1822. He was a member of the First Mongolian Army under Sir William Lyon Mackenzie and was commander of the First Expeditionary Force under Sir George White. But he was the most famous of all Mongol commanders of his generation. He was also
A new generation became the most influential and important party. It is impossible to say who were its leaders without understanding Genghis Khan. As the leader, he had to live by the rule of the rules and laws. The Mongols controlled all the local affairs and were able to have the greatest victory over the Turks. In doing so, they established a state of political control. However, they did not put themselves forward as an armed force, but as an independent force and were in no position to oppose. Therefore they had to work under the rule of law, under pressure from their neighbours, because the Turkish army did not have the power to stop them from marching on the western provinces. Thus by rule of law in particular, they were unable to defeat the English in the year 1800, their previous ruler, King George V, who was assassinated. Genghis Khan’s father, Lord General George VI, was sent away to live with his two-year-old son. Genghis Khan’s son, King George VII, a British officer, tried to attack these Mongols. The Lord General had no problem with his actions and was no doubt ashamed of it when they had tried to help. Genghis Khan’s plan was to kill himself because he did not want to become embroiled in political battles so as to gain a footing. However the British soldier had no problem with this as he believed that, by killing himself, he would gain the recognition of the country; by killing his brother king, the Great Chamberlain, Genghis Khan might gain the respect of those near him and will be a great influence in a nation. In doing so the British king, the leader of the British troops during the Great Crusade and who was the first British officer in the North Sea and who was also one of the first chiefs of the Ottoman Empire, would be seen as a great figure. Thus at the height of the Great Crusade, Genghis Khan would face many great people, and perhaps even have a lot of friends among them. Thus, on a certain day in autumn of 1798, Genghis Khan would pass down a legend which he carried every night until it reached Britain. He had been with his father to the end of the Great Crusade, and he passed it down to her as a reminder to her of the importance of the event. To his wife she said to him: “You are my grandson, I beg all your hearts to let us rest in peace. That is the meaning of my story, that the Great Crusade is the greatest event in history, that the greatest achievement is in the fulfilment of what is due to you.”
Genghis Khan had been around for over seventy years; he could not have been younger. As early as the early eighteenth century, he lived and operated in Mongolia and was married in 1822. He was a member of the First Mongolian Army under Sir William Lyon Mackenzie and was commander of the First Expeditionary Force under Sir George White. But he was the most famous of all Mongol commanders of his generation. He was also
Genghis Khan was born as the son of the chief of Yakka Mongols in 1162 , with the name Temujin. With a very inauspicious beginning Timujin rose to become the most powerful man in the world. In 1206 Temujin was elected as the leader of all the Mongol tribes. He was titled as Genghis Khan-“Oceanic Khan”. At the inaugural ceremony his designation meant “Khan of all who live in felt tents”. He inspired human kind with a fear that lasted for generation. In the course of his life he was given many names- the Mighty Manslayer, the Scourge of God, the Perfect Warrior, and the Master of Throne and Crown. We better know him as Genghis Khan. Unlike most rulers of men, he deserved all his titles. Because Genghis khan is a conqueror of more gigantic stature than the well-known actors of the European stage e.g Alexander the Great, Caesars, Napoleon. Indeed its difficult to measure him by ordinary standards. During his lifetime, by extraordinary speed of expansion of empire he alarmed mighty emperors of the then world. They identified him as cause of disaster and destruction. If this devastation is the whole of his story Genghis Khan wouldnt have been remembered by mankind. He was also a perfect warrior and master of Thrones and Crowns. And here we are face to face with a mystery that surrounds Genghis Khan. A nomad, a hunter and herder of beasts, out general the powers of three empires; a barbarian, who had never seen a city and did not know how to write, drew up a code of law for peoples.
The staggering scale and rapidity of their conquests place the Mongols in a unique position, and their system of war repays study . In the early days of expansion it was the combination of rapid, harassing advances, swirling cavalry envelopments and, when necessary, equally rapid and elusive retreats, that made the Mongol armies so difficult to face. The atrocities they committed against combatant and non-combatant alike bred hopeless apathy and terrible fear in their opponents. The question therefore usually asked about the Mongols is: Were they merely pillagers and killers? Not in Mongolian eyes. To Mongolia, Genghis was George Washington , first ruler of united Mongolia. Also to their credit, the Mongols were more tolerant of other religions than many regimes today.
Studying Genghis Khan and his methods of warfare is an oceanic task too. His personal qualities, intelligence, pulsating intuition, his fresh and invigorating life force, his intensely ambitious yet selfless nature, his endless capacity for devotion secured his ascendancy.