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Möngke Khan (also Möngke Khagan or Möngke; 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.
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Möngke (born 1208, Mongolia—died 1259, Szechwan, China) was a grandson of Genghis Khan and heir to the great Mongol empire. Elected great khan in 1251, he was the last man who held this title to base his capital at Karakorum, in central Mongolia. Under his rule the city achieved an unprecedented splendour, and the Mongol Empire continued to ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 17, 2019 · Mongke Khan was ruler of the Mongol Empire (1206-1368 CE) from 1251 to 1259 CE. As the third Great Khan or 'universal ruler' of the Mongols, Mongke would oversee administrative reforms that continued to centralise government and ensure he had at his disposal the resources to successfully expand the empire further into China in the east and as ...
- Mark Cartwright
May 20, 2024 · Last updated. How to say Möngke khan in English? Pronunciation of Möngke khan with 5 audio pronunciations, 1 translation and more for Möngke khan.
Rabban Bar Sauma, a Chinese monk who made a pilgrimage from Khanbaliq (now Beijing) and testified to the importance of Christianity among the Mongols during his visit to Rome in 1287. Nayan Khan, a Mongol nobleman and uncle of Kublai Khan. In 1287, after becoming increasingly angry with Kublai for being “too Chinese”, Nayan staged a rebellion.
Möngke took to hunting in his teens along with younger brother Kublai Khan in 1224 near the Ili River. The two killed a rabbit and an antelope. Their grandfather, Genghis Khan, performed a ceremony on the two, and as per the Mongol tradition smeared fat from the killed animals onto the middle fingers of the two brothers.
Oct 17, 2019 · Möngke, né en 1209, fils de Tolui (c. 1190 - c. 1232), le plus jeune fils de Gengis Khan, était l'un des principaux candidats. Möngke avait fait campagne avec succès dans le sud de la Russie et en Europe de l'Est avec d'autres commandants mongols entre 1237 et 1241. Il commandait en particulier l'aile de l'armée mongole qui avait attaqué ...
