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Möngke Khan (also Möngke Khagan or Möngke; [a] 11 January 1209 – 11 August 1259) was the fourth khagan of the Mongol Empire, ruling from 1 July 1251 to 11 August 1259. He was the first Khagan from the Toluid line , and made significant reforms to improve the administration of the Empire during his reign.
Tode Mongke was the son of Toqoqan (grandson of Batu Khan) and younger full-brother of Mongke Temur.A pious khan, he converted to Islam in 1280. [1] Due to his deep religious tendencies, Tudamongke was not aggressive to expand his territory.
In or around 1246, he was appointed as khan of the Chagatai Khanate by his cousin the Great Khan Güyük Khan, whom he was friends with, following the deposition of Qara Hülëgü. The next Great Khan, however, Möngke Khan , initiated a purge of the supporters of the house of Ögedei Khan , amongst which were the Chaghadaids.
Mengu-Timur (/ ˈ m ɛ ŋ ɡ uː ˈ t ɪ m ər / MEN-goo TIM-ər) or Möngke Temür (Mongolian: ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ, Мөнхтөмөр; died 1280) was a son of Toqoqan Khan [1] (himself the son of Batu) and Köchu Khatun of Oirat, [2] the daughter of Toralchi Küregen and granddaughter of Qutuqa Beki.
However, when Kublai and Hulagu received news of Möngke's death, they aborted their own battles in order to return to the capital to decide the matter of succession. In May 1260, Kublai was elected khan by his own supporters, to rival the claim of Ariq Böke. A civil war subsequently broke out between the brothers for the leadership of the Empire.
Tode Mongke Khan of the Golden Horde The Jochid vassal princes of Galicia-Volhynia contributed troops for invasions of Europe by Nogai Khan and Talabuga. Mengu-Timur was succeeded in 1281 by his brother Töde Möngke, who was a Muslim. However, Nogai Khan was now strong enough to establish himself as an independent ruler. The Golden Horde was ...
Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulagu [n 1] (c. 1217 – 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia.As a son of Tolui and the Keraite princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Ariq Böke, Möngke Khan, and Kublai Khan.
Rashid al-Din gives detailed account of his birth on Jami' al-Tawarikh - he was born to Hulagu and his Oirat wife Öljei on 23 October 1256 at night. He was youngest son of his father.