Measuring against the linchpin

Measuring against the linchpin

Measuring against the linchpin is a method of determining which enemy civilians would be beheaded, used by the Mongols.

Genghis Khan used this brutal method against Jamukha's coalition of tribes in 1202. All male captives were forced to walk beside a wagon wheel. If their heads were higher than the linchpin (a pin inserted at the end of the axle) they were immediately executed.

References

Gabriel, Richard A. (2004) Subotai the Valiant: Genghis Khan's greatest general Greenwood Publishing, ISBN 0275975827

Cummins, Joseph (2006) History's Great Untold Stories: Obscure events of lasting importance, Murdoch Books, ISBN 9781740458085


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