What is "bolad"

Bolad, also known as 'Bolad (Steel) chingsang' ( Mongolian: , Persian: Pulad chinksank, , "Chancellor Bolad", d. 1313), was a Mongol minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and later served in the Ilkhanate as the representative of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and cultural adviser to the Ilkhans. He also provided valuable information to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani to write about the Mongols. Mongolists consider him as a cultural bridge between East and West.

Bolad (alternatively spelled Pulad, Pulat, Polat, or Polad in Persian and Turkic languages) is common given name among the Inner Asian peoples. The meaning of the word Bolad is "steel". In Khalkha Mongolian form of the word is Bold.

• Bolad, the medieval Mongolian intellectual and representative of the Khagan in Iran
• Pulad, Khan of the Golden Horde in the 15th century
• Bold, Mongolian singer, producer and leader of Camerton (band)
• Bars Bolud Jinong, Mongolian leader and prince in the 16th century

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