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4 days ago · And I tell you as a certain truth, that when Mongou Kaan [Möngke Khan, fourth khan of the Mongol Empire] died, more than 20,000 persons, who chanced to meet the body on its way, were slain in the ...
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6 days ago · The man who would become known as Genghis Khan (1162-1227) was born under the name Temujin, and he rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest contiguous land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he took the name Genghis Khan and conquered huge portions of central Asia and China using superior ...
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2 days ago · When Möngke's mother Sorghaghtani and their cousin Berke organized a second kurultai on 1 July 1251, the assembled throng proclaimed Möngke great khan of the Mongol Empire. This marked a major shift in the leadership of the empire, transferring power from the descendants of Genghis's son Ögedei to the descendants of Genghis's son Tolui.
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4 days ago · As was traditional, the Mongol army returned to the capital to elect a new Great Khan. After Batu Khan returned from Mongolia, his relations with his cousins were so poor that not until the election of Möngke Khan as Khagan did he again consider turning westward to Europe. However, he died in 1255 before those plans could be put into motion.
4 days ago · Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared before the Supreme Court by video link from prison on Thursday to plead his petition against changes in Pakistan's anti-graft laws.