Quy was the location of the quriltai so important. Quat’s up with that?
Don’t know.
The Mongol homeland was northwest of China, on the steppes. The quriltai that acclaimed Temujin as Chinnghis QuaQuan took place along the Onon River. The one that proclaimed Uggedai, Guyuk and Mongke took place in the vicinity of Karakorum. China was not considered art of that. It was [at the time] part province, part battlefield. While China was part of the Toluid Ulus, igt was viewed separately from the home range, which was also part of Tolui’s inheritance. BUT the two QuaQuans before Mongke were Uggedids, and they were acclaimed in the homeland.
Ariq Boka’s challenge to his brother raised the issue from the point of view of the legitimacy of the kuriltai proclaiming Qublai in a place other than Mongolia. And as a Toluid, Ariq Boka’s contention had more gravitas than from someone in the Uggedid, Chagatid or Jochid line.