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{{Short description|Clan of Genghis Khan's mother}}
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'''Olkhonud''' ({{langx|mn|Олхуноуд, Олхонууд, Олгонууд}}; {{Lang-zh|c=斡勒忽讷|p=wòlēihūnè}}), also rendered as '''Olqunuut''',<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Sneath |editor1-first=David |editor2-last=Kaplonski |editor2-first=Christopher |title=The history of Mongolia |chapter=The History of Mongolia (3 Vols.) |date=2010 |publisher=Brill |location=Folkstone |isbn=978-19-05-24636-6 |url=https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/19405?language=en&contents=toc-66382}}</ref> was the clan of [[Hoelun]], the [[mother]] of [[Genghis Khan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weatherford |first1=Jack |last2=Davis |first2=Jonathan |title=Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World |date=6 May 2014 |publisher=Brilliance Audio |isbn=978-1-4915-1370-5 |edition=Unabridged |language=English}}</ref> They helped Genghis to defeat the [[Naimans]]. The Olkhunut people were very closely related to the [[Hongirad]] [[tribe]]. Their descendants still live in [[Khovd Province]] of [[Mongolia]] and in [[Inner Mongolia]] of [[China]].<ref>[[History of Yuan]]</ref><ref>《新元史》New Yuan History</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Mongol tribes of the 12th century |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Mongol peoples]]
[[Category:Darlikin Mongols]]


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