Articles tagged “Mongol Empire”
Zhenjin (From 1243 to 1285/January 5, 1286), sometimes known as Jingim, Chinkim, or Chingkim, was Kublai Khan's son and Tolui's grandson. In the year 1262, his father appointed him as ...
October 19, 2021
Oljeytu Khan Temur was the Yuan dynasty's second emperor, reigning from May 10, 1294, to February 10, 1307. Apart from being Emperor of China, he is also known as the sixth Great Khan of the Mo ...
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Hulagu Khan, sometimes known as Hülegü or Hulegu, was a Mongol conqueror of Western Asia. He was the grandson of the great Genghis Khan and the brother of Ariq Böke, Möngke Khan ...
October 18, 2021
Kublai Khan (23 September 1215 to 18 February 1294), also known as Emperor Shizu of Yuan, was the Mongol Empire's fifth khagan-emperor, ruled from 1260 to 1294 was just a formal status followin ...
October 18, 2021
Möngke (11 January 1209 to 11 August 1259) was the Mongol Empire's fourth khagan-emperor, reigning from 1 July 1251 until 11 August 1259. He was the first Khagan of the Toluid dynasty, and ...
October 18, 2021
Güyük, the Mongol Empire's third Khagan-Emperor, was the oldest son of Ögedei Khan and a grandson of Genghis Khan. From 1246 until 1248, he was king.
October 12, 2021
Güyük Khan's primary wife, Oghul Qaimish, served as regent over the Mongol Empire following her husband's death in 1248. Her ancestors came from the Mergid tribe.
October 12, 2021
Töregene Khatun (d. 1246) was the Great Khatun and regent of the Mongol Empire from her husband Gedei Khan's death in 1241 until the election of her eldest son Güyük Khan in 1246 ...
October 12, 2021
Ögedei Khan (c. 1186 – December 11 1241) was Genghis Khan's third son and the Mongol Empire's second khagan-emperor, succeeding his father. He maintained his father's Empire& ...
October 12, 2021
Genghis Khan and Börte had a son named Chagatai Khan. Following his father's death, he inherited the majority of what are now five Central Asian states. Genghis Khan also appointed him to ...
October 12, 2021
Jochi was a Mongol army leader and the eldest son of Genghis Khan. He was Genghis Khan's four sons by his main wife Börte, though paternity questions dogged him throughout his life. He was ...
October 12, 2021
Tolui was Genghis Khan's fourth son from his chief Khatun Börte. At his father's death in 1227, his ulus, or geographical inheritance, was Mongolia's homeland. He also served as ci ...
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