Orda

"The parliament will continue to be run by Ak Orda," said political scientist Dosym Satpayev of the Risk Assessment Group, referring to the president's palace in Astana, the capital.

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Hauing receiued our gifts, they conducted vs vnto the Orda or tent of the duke, and we were instructed to bow thrise with our left knee before the doore of the tente, and in any case to beware, lest wee set our foote vpon the threshold of the sayd doore.

The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

And their prince, that governeth that country, that they clepe Batho, dwelleth at the city of Orda.

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

And here prince, that governethe that contree, that thei clepen Batho, duellethe at the cytee of Orda.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Orda lingua corum, quod sonat medium, quia semper est in media hominum suorum: hoc excepto quod rectè ad meridiem nullus se collocat, quia ad pattem illam aperiuntur portæ Curiæ: Sed à dextris et à sinistris extendunt se quantum volunt secundum exigentiam locorum: dummodo rectè ante curiam, vel ex opposito curiæ non descendunt.

The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

Whereupon, being neere vnto the Orda (for by this name they call the habitations of their Emperours and noble men) in regarde of the great winde we were constrained to lye groueling on the earth, and could not see by reason of the dust.

The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

Departing thence, wee all with one accord rode 3 or 4 leagues vnto another place, where, in a goodly plaine, by a riuers side, betweene certaine mountaines, there was another tent erected, which was called the golden Orda.

The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

And it is the Orda or court of his father which hee inhabiteth, and one of his wiues beareth rule there.

The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

When therefore we were come vnto the Orda, being demanded by his agent Eldegay with what present or gift we would do our obeisance?

The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004

But because we had not as yet seene the Emperour, they would not inuite vs nor admit vs into his Orda, but caused good attendauce and entertainment, after the Tartars fashion, to be giuen vnto vs in oure owne tent, and they caused vs to stay there, and to refresh our selues with them one day.

The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004