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Tayang Khan (Mongolian: Таян хан; Chinese: 塔陽汗; pinyin: Tǎyánghàn; Persian: تايانك خان) — was a khan of the Naimans. According to The Secret History of the Mongols , he was physically weak when he was born and his father Inanch Bilge did not believe his son would survive to adulthood, therefore he was also called ...
- Taibuqa (脱兒魯黒)
- Inanch Bilge khan
- c. 1198–1204
- Kuchlug
The Battle of Chakirmaut was the concluding battle of Genghis Khan's unification of the Mongol tribes. Temujin fought and defeated the combined forces of coalition of tribes led by the Naimans under Tayang Khan and his son Kuchlug and rival Khan claimant Jamukha. Tayang Khan died in battle, Kuchlug fled with a small force and Jamukha retreated ...
- 1204
- Temujin victory
Aug 26, 2018 · Genghis’ forces were fewer in number than those deployed by Tayang Khan, leader of the Naiman and his horses were weaker, having travelled long and hard. To try to disguise this, Genghis ordered many campfires built to suggest larger numbers were present and also to gain time for the horses to recover.
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"Wang Khan" was the name given to Toghrul by the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China; Wang means king or prince. During the 13th century, Toghrul was one of several Asian leaders who was identified with the legend of Prester John, but also King David, a brother to John. Although the Keraites converted to Nestorianism, a sect of Christianity, early in ...
He was born around 1130, to Nestorian family of Keraites. His father was Cyriacus Buyruk Khan, the leader of Keraites. Toghrul had a very difficult youth. The Merkits captured him during his childhood and he was reduced to slavery. It is possible that he left the Merkit after being freed by a ransom or simply escaped. However, according to the Secr...
In order to eliminate potential rivals, he started by killing his brothers between 1165 and 1171. One of them, namely Erke Qara managed to escape and fled to the Naimans, who were a neighboring tribe to the west of the Keraites. The two other brothers, Buqa-Timur and Tai-Timur Taïshi were executed. However, Toghrul's success was brief because his u...
Living in exile, Toghrul was aided by Temujin who undertook an attack to the Merkits for a second time and gave a large part of the booty to Toghrul who gifted it to different Kerait chiefs to consolidate allies with his tribe of origin. Temujin then allegedly attacked a Kerait clan, the Tumen Tubegen, and a large part of the survivors became Toghr...
Toghrul was more than 70 years old by 1203 and did not have the same reflexes as in his youth. His son Ilga Senggüm took command of the Kerait armies and Toghrul became a figurehead. Ambitious Ilga joined forces with Jamukha, Altan and Qutchar, who persuaded him to eliminate Temujin. Ilga attempted to assassinate him, failed, and then confronted th...
He was married to a Khitan woman and had at least two sons – Ilga Senggüm and Uyku. According to Jami' al-Tawarikh, Doquz Khatunwas a daughter of Uyku.
- 1165–1194
- Cyriacus Buyruk Khan
The Naiman War. Now all of Genghis’ Mongolian rivals had been vanquished apart from the Naimans and Jamuqa, who had now gone to join them. The ruler of the Naimans, Inancha-bilge Khan, was old, and hi; heir was a stupid and irresponsible young man known as Tayang Khan (another empty Chinese title, meaning in this case ‘Great King’).
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Apr 3, 2024 · Informed by Alaqush, ruler of the Ongud tribe, Temüjin faced the Naimans in May 1204 at Chakirmaut in the Altai Mountains, where they suffered a crushing defeat; Tayang Khan was killed, and his son Kuchlug fled westward. The Merkits were substantially weakened later that same year.
Feb 24, 2020 · Tayang Khan was now forced to confront the Mongols to save face. “A life means to die, a body means to suffer: it is the same destiny for all! That being so, let us fight!” he said, as he marched to his doom. At Naqu Cliffs came the final battle.
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