Like the bogatyrs of Russian traditional tales, Baghaturs were heroes of extraordinary courage, fearlessness, and decisiveness, often portrayed as being descended from heaven and capable of performing extraordinary deeds. The concept of the Baghatur has its roots in Turco-Mongolian folklore. It is also preserved in the modern Turkic and Mongol languages as Altai Баатыр (Baatïr), Turkish Batur/Bahadır, Tatar and Kazakh Батыр (Batyr), Uzbek Batyr and Mongolian Baatar (as in Ulaanbaatar). The word was also introduced into many non-Turkic languages as a result of the Turco-Mongol conquests, and now exists in different forms such as Bulgarian: Багатур (Bagatur), Russian: Богатырь ( Bogatyr), Polish Bohater (meaning "hero"), Hungarian: Bátor (meaning "brave"), Persian Bahador, Georgian Bagatur, and Hindi Bahadur. The word was common among the Mongols and became especially widespread, as an honorific title, in Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire in the 13th century the title persisted in its successor-states, and later came to be adopted also as a regnal title in the Ilkhanate, in Timurid dynasties, etc. 1185-1252) compared the title with the equivalent of European Knighthood.
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Look up bahadur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.īaghatur ( Old Turkic: ???, romanized: Baga Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠦᠷ Baγatur, Khalkha Mongolian: Баатар Bātar Turkish: Bağatur, Batur, Bahadır Russian: Богатырь Bogatyr Bulgarian: Багатур Bagatur Persian: بهادر Punjabi: ਬਹਾਦੁਰ ( Gurmukhi), بہادر ( Shahmukhi)) is a historical Turkic and Mongol honorific title, in origin a term for " hero" or "valiant warrior".