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When was The Secret History of the Mongols likely composed?
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Internal evidence suggests that the Secret History of the Mongols was composed no earlier than 1228, the year preceding the enthronement of Ögödei. It is possible that the work was completed in 1252, the year following the election of Möngke as khagan.1