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Tolui. Tolui ( c. 1191 –1232) was the youngest son of Genghis Khan and Börte. A prominent general during the early Mongol conquests, Tolui was a leading candidate to succeed his father after his death in 1227 and ultimately served as regent of the Mongol Empire until the accession of his brother Ögedei two years later.
Genghis Khan further realized that to destroy the Jīn dynasty the Mongol army must make its way via the Song. The 1227 incident(丁亥之變) was the first armed conflict between the Mongols and the Song, but it was incidental to the Mongol conflict with the Jin.
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Toluid Civil War. The Toluid Civil War was a war of succession fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264. [1] Möngke Khan died in 1259 with no declared successor, precipitating infighting between members of the Tolui family line for the title of Great Khan that escalated to a civil war. [1]
The Mongol conquest of the Southern Song dynasty under Kublai Khan (r. 1260–1294) was the final step for the Mongols to rule the whole of China. It is also considered the Mongol Empire's last great military achievement. [1] Before the Mongol–Jin War escalated, an envoy from Song China arrived at...
Oct 7, 2019 · Kublai Khan's invasion fleet of June 1281 was a whole lot bigger than the first one. This time, thanks to his recent defeat of the Song and acquisition of their navy, there were 4,400 ships and around 100,000 men, again a mix of Mongol, Chinese, and Korean warriors.
- Mark Cartwright
And when a Chinese defector was lured to the court of Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan, he came with valuable insights: The Song fleet was wallowing in disrepair, thanks to corrupt government officials diverting naval funds to line their own pockets. China was ripe for the taking—if Kublai Khan could build a navy.
Mongol empire - Relative Unity, 1227-60: After the death of Genghis Khan, a kuriltai (also spelled kurultai; “general assembly”) of Mongol nobles was convoked in order to elect the new great khan according to traditional custom. Jöchi, the eldest of Genghis’s heirs, had predeceased his father by six months, and the law of primogeniture was usually observed by the Mongols. Chagatai, the ...
