Batu Khan (c. 1205–1255) was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire established after Genghis Khan's demise...
28 KB (3,444 words) - 19:19, 5 October 2024
The Mongol Invasion (trilogy) (section Batu)
novellas "Genghis Khan" (1939), "Batu" (1942), and "To the "Last Sea" (1955). Vasily Yan became interested in the theme of Genghis Khan's conquests in the...
33 KB (4,415 words) - 09:02, 8 October 2024
Golden Horde (category Batu Khan)
earlier, less organized Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the death of Batu Khan (the founder of the Golden Horde) in 1255, his dynasty flourished for...
136 KB (17,915 words) - 14:57, 7 October 2024
(or Sartak, Sartach, Mongolian: Сартаг, Tatar: Сартак) Khan (died 1257) was the son of Batu Khan and his senior wife Boraqchin of Alchi Tatar. Boraqchin...
5 KB (391 words) - 20:56, 5 October 2024
of his younger brother Batu, who became the first ruler of the Blue Horde and the supreme khan of the Golden Horde. Güyük Khan ordered Temuge Otchigin...
9 KB (1,074 words) - 21:10, 4 October 2024
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' (category Batu Khan)
the purpose of the reconnaissance-in-force. A full-scale invasion by Batu Khan followed, with most of Kievan Rus' overran in 1237–1238. The Mongols captured...
39 KB (4,566 words) - 12:06, 8 October 2024
time of his death in 1241, large armies under the command of his nephew Batu Khan and Subutai had subdued the steppes and penetrated deep into Europe. These...
41 KB (5,009 words) - 22:44, 6 October 2024
Mongol Empire (section Rise of Genghis Khan)
cousin Batu Khan in Rus. Suspicious of Güyük's motives, Sorghaghtani Beki, the widow of Genghis's son Tolui, secretly warned her nephew Batu of Güyük's...
129 KB (15,075 words) - 12:29, 8 October 2024
Berke (redirect from Berke Khan)
Blue Horde and White Horde from 1257 to 1266. He succeeded his brother Batu Khan of the Blue Horde (West), and was responsible for the first official establishment...
15 KB (1,890 words) - 12:12, 29 September 2024
to submit to Mongol suzerainty, and allowed Batu Khan to proceed westward into Central Europe. Batu Khan and the Mongols began their invasion in late...
16 KB (1,725 words) - 12:04, 4 October 2024
Subutai (1175–1248) and commanded by Batu Khan (c. 1207–1255) and Kadan (d. c. 1261), two grandsons of Genghis Khan. Their conquests integrated much of...
71 KB (8,942 words) - 08:58, 14 September 2024
In 1240, Batu Khan led a raid into Ruthenia as part of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. It took place three years after Batu's 1237 conquests of Volga...
5 KB (520 words) - 14:49, 27 September 2024
List of Mongol rulers (redirect from List of Mongol Khan)
a dual identity of Khagan for the Mongols and Huangdi for ethnic Han. Batu Khan (1227–1255) Sartaq (1255–56) Ulaghchi (1257) Berke (1257–1266) Mengu-Timur...
18 KB (1,350 words) - 04:13, 19 August 2024
he died while fighting the vastly superior army of the Mongol ruler Batu Khan, trying to avenge the destruction of Ryazan a few weeks earlier. Kolovrat...
4 KB (433 words) - 21:31, 12 August 2024
(1237–1242), Mikhail was defeated and had to flee; in 1246, he was executed by Batu Khan. He was the only known son of prince Vsevolod Svyatoslavich (who later...
42 KB (4,747 words) - 21:29, 31 August 2024
brothers) to Möngke and Orda Khan, the eldest brother of Batu. Güyük eventually died en route to the west in 1248 and Batu and Möngke emerged as the main...
50 KB (6,611 words) - 13:56, 7 October 2024
marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of text in Mongolian script. Dayan Khan (/ˈdaɪən xɑːn/; Mongolian: Даян Хаан [ˈtajɴ ˈχaːɴ]), born Batumöngke (Middle...
15 KB (1,852 words) - 14:33, 7 October 2024
Toqta (redirect from Tochtu Khan)
Tokhtogha; died c. 1312) was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1291 to 1312. He was a son of Mengu-Timur and a great-grandson of Batu Khan. His name "Tokhtokh" means...
10 KB (1,038 words) - 04:38, 23 September 2024
Battle of Mohi (category Batu Khan)
present-day Hungary, southwest of the Sajó River. The Mongol Empire, led by Batu Khan, sought to expand its territories into Europe, while the Kingdom of Hungary...
41 KB (5,566 words) - 02:16, 7 October 2024
be besieged by the Mongol invaders under Batu Khan. In the autumn of 1237, the Mongol Horde led by Batu Khan invaded the Rus' principality of Ryazan....
5 KB (501 words) - 16:34, 1 June 2024
was Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1238 to 1246. He collaborated with Batu Khan following the Mongol invasion, before he was ultimately poisoned. Yaroslav...
7 KB (722 words) - 21:32, 31 August 2024
Sarai (city) (redirect from Sarai Batu)
sites. "Old Sarai" (سرای باتو, Sarāy-i Bātū; or سرای برکه, Sarāy-i Barka) was established by the Mongol ruler Batu Khan (1227-1255), as indicated by both occasional...
30 KB (4,176 words) - 15:06, 7 October 2024
political opponents Batu Khan and Sorghaghtani Beki comprehensively outmanoeuvred her by having Sorghaghtani's son Möngke elected as khan in 1250. After his...
11 KB (1,423 words) - 01:12, 5 October 2024
Following the hard-fought but decisive Mongol victory at the Battle of Mohi, Batu Khan pillaged the lands of the Kingdom of Hungary, with particular focus on...
11 KB (1,428 words) - 20:03, 6 October 2024
Mongol Empire. He was a grandson of Genghis Khan, the fifth son of Jochi and a younger brother of Batu Khan who founded the Golden Horde. His descendants...
6 KB (680 words) - 05:46, 5 October 2024
of Genghis Khan. Until the mid-14th century, they acknowledged the authority of the descendants of Shiban's brothers Batu Khan and Orda Khan, such as Öz...
29 KB (1,495 words) - 22:19, 20 September 2024
Jochi (redirect from Jochi Khan)
likely either Öki or Sorghan. Jochi's most important sons were Orda Khan and Batu Khan; they were the children of Sorghan and Öki respectively. Neither these...
25 KB (3,079 words) - 09:50, 27 September 2024
along with his uncle Baidar (son of Chagatai Khan) and Orda Khan (the eldest brother of Batu Khan and khan of the White Horde), led the Mongol diversionary...
6 KB (683 words) - 03:22, 23 September 2024
Borjigin (section Genghis Khan's brothers)
Güyük Khan Kadan Örüg Temur Khan Adai Khan Melig Kublai Khan Temür Khan Toghon Temür Khan Jochi Orda Khan Batu Khan Sartaq Berke Shiban Toqta Uzbeg Khan Hulagu...
23 KB (2,333 words) - 17:00, 8 September 2024
Autumn – Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': The Mongol army commanded by Batu Khan and Subutai, invades the Principality of Ryazan (with representatives...
10 KB (1,192 words) - 03:08, 21 August 2024