Editing Concubinage (section)

=== Mongols ===
{{Main|Wives of Genghis Khan}}
Polygyny and concubinage were very common in Mongol society, especially for powerful Mongol men. [[Genghis Khan]], [[Ögedei Khan]], [[Jochi]], [[Tolui]], and [[Kublai Khan]] (among others) all had many wives and concubines.

Genghis Khan frequently acquired wives and concubines from empires and societies that he had conquered, these women were often princesses or queens that were [[Bride kidnapping|taken captive]] or gifted to him.<ref name=":02">{{harvnb|Broadbridge|2018|pp=74, 92}}</ref> Genghis Khan's most famous concubine was [[Möge Khatun]], who, according to the Persian historian [[Ata-Malik Juvayni]], was "given to Chinggis Khan by a chief of the Bakrin tribe, and he loved her very much."<ref>{{cite book|last1=McClynn |first1=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBZpCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT117 |title=Genghis Khan: His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy |date=2015 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0306823961 |page=117}}</ref> After Genghis Khan died, Möge Khatun became a wife of Ögedei Khan. Ögedei also favored her as a wife, and she frequently accompanied him on his [[Hunting|hunting expeditions]].<ref name="denicola">{{cite book|last1=De Nicola |first1=Bruno |title=Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206–1335 |date=2017 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |page=68}}</ref>