Was genghis khan a turk or a mongol?

The Mongols of Genghis Khan were a turkic tribe that lived in present day Mongolia. Gengiz khan means " Great Khan/Leader". His actual name "temujin" means iron-smith( temir in turkic is iron, jin is smith). Mongols was the name for the turkic peoples just as the word "tatar"( another turkic tribe that Temujin conquered). The large and unfortunate misconception is that the present day "mongolians" means descendants of Genghiz. They are called mongolians because they inhabit present day Mongolia. The country mongolia was named after the "mongols" from the 12th century. The present day majority of mongolians the "khalka" are tungusic/chinese people that adopted the turkic nomadic culture as well as the belief in the Kok Tanri/Tengri/Tanra/Tenger. Some historians believe( have not proved) that the Khalka are descendants of the Jalaichirs.

if you want proof read the work of russian ethnograph, linguist and central asian specialist murad adji http://adji.ru

remember that most of history was written in the 18th and 19th century. Also know that it historians and philosophers( eg David Hume) used to propagate that the African race is inferior, but today that misconception has been( officially) removed from most texts. Hopefully the real world history will be revised. thank you!

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