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Revision as of 03:13, 31 March 2005 by Briangotts (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A Mongol people (though some historians claim a Turkic origin) living in Central Asia. They lived along the upper reaches of the Orkhon River west of the Tula River and north of the Ongiin River. According to the Syrian Bar Hebraeus, the Kereit were converted to Nestorianism about the year 1008. Granted the title of Wang (King) by the Chinese Emperor in 1183. Their khan Toghrul was foster-father to Temujin (later Genghis Khan) until the two had a falling out. The Keraits were part of the united Mongol polity forged by Genghis Khan in the first years of the 13th century CE.
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