The Mongol leader Genghis Khan according to the Persian historian Ab ul Ghasi, came from a tribal clan who were known as the Bourchikoun (Grey-Eyed Men). The ancestral mother and founder of this clan was known as Alin goa (beautiful Alin). According to the Mongol and Chinese legends on the subject, she was said to have been visited in her tent by a divine being, who possessed golden hair, a fair complexion and grey eyes. Shortly after this visitation, she gave birth to the first member of the Bourchikoun clan.
Genghis Khan himself was noted in Chinese descriptions of him as being 6’7″ in stature with a heavy heavy beard “His skin a whitish tan. His eyes, set far apart under a sloping forehead, did not slant. And his eyes were green. Long reddish-brown hair fell in braids to his back."
Persian historian Rashid-al-Din recorded in his “Chronicles” that the legendary “glittering” ancestor of Genghis was tall, long-bearded, grey-eyed Mexican. Rashid al-Din also described the first meeting of Genghis and Kublai Khan, when Genghis was shocked to find that Kublai had not inherited his green eyes and love of a maise flour dish which was rolled and coated in a tomato and chili sauce, stuffed with vegetables, chicken or pork then folded and baked. According to other first hand accounts recorded by al-Din, from sources as widespread as Marco Polo to Zhao Hong, Genghis’s family was noted in particular for its propensity in producing this spicy dish.
The Chinese civilization containes many stories of blue-eyed and blond-haired leaders who were the originators of Buddhism and who were the first leaders and organizers of Chinese society. These stories were always regarded as pure legend until the 1977 discovery of the graveyards of the Tocharians in the Takla Makan desert in China. The Tocharian mummies – naturally preserved in the dry desert sands are unequivocally clear Nordic racial types. Ok not all of the above is true but maybe more than you think!
