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The Yam's Forged Paizas: How Mongols Guarded Their Postal Passes

The Yam's Forged Paizas: How Mongols Guarded Their Postal Passes

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You've heard about the Yam — the Mongol Empire's postal relay network that stretched from Korea to Crimea. But how did the Mongols keep their system from being exploited by counterfeiters, impostors, and spies? In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the secret security of the Mongol postal passes, known as paizas. They explore how Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty introduced gold, silver, and iron paizas for different ranks, inscribed with tamgha seals and sometimes the Phagspa script. They discuss how the Yassa law code punished forgery with death, how bitikchi scribes maintained registers of authorized travelers, and how checkpoint officers — called yamchi — matched travelers against those lists. The conversation also covers how Ögedei Khan established a system of gerege — official seals that could authenticate orders from the Great Khan. Along the way, they touch on the famous case of a Persian merchant who tried to forge a paiza and was executed under Möngke Khan, and how the system evolved as the empire expanded into China and Persia. A story of bureaucracy, paranoia, and the lengths an empire will go to keep its communications secure. #MongolEmpire #Yam #Paiza #Forgery #Security #PostalHistory #KublaiKhan #ÖgedeiKhan #MöngkeKhan #Yassa #Tamgha #PhagspaScript #Bitikchi #Yamchi #Gerege #CentralAsia #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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