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Berke Khan (died 1266; also Birkai; Turki / Kypchak: برکه خان , Mongolian: Бэрх хан, Tatar: Бәркә хан) was a grandson of Genghis Khan from his son Jochi and a Mongol military commander and ruler of the Golden Horde ( division of the Mongol Empire) [note 1] who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Horde [note 2] from 12...
- 1257–1266
- Islam
1267. Title / Office: khan (1257-1267), Golden Horde. Berke (died 1267) was a Mongol ruler of the Golden Horde (1257–67), and a great-grandson of Genghis Khan. The first Mongol ruler to embrace Islām, Berke succeeded to the khanate soon after the death of his brother Batu.
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Aug 15, 2018 · Learn about Berke Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan and the ruler of the Golden Horde, who embraced Islam and fought against his cousin Hulagu Khan, the leader of the Ilkhanate. Discover how Berke Khan defended the Muslim lands and prevented Hulagu's invasion of the Mamluk Sultanate.
The Berke–Hulagu war was fought between two Mongol leaders, Berke Khan of the Golden Horde and Hulagu Khan of the Ilkhanate. It was fought mostly in the Caucasus Mountains area in the 1260s after the destruction of Baghdad in 1258.
- 1262
- Inconclusive, Fragmentation of the empire
- Caucasus Mountains, eastern Khorasan
Sep 15, 2020 · The Mongol Warrior who saved the Muslim World - Berke Khan. Watch on. MENU. "Islam did not vanish. Genghis Khan who proclaimed himself as the Scourge of God, who delighted in destroying civilizations could not exterminate the Muslim ummah. Within a generation the tide had begun to turn in Islam's favor.
Sep 28, 2020 · Berke Khan (1208-1266) was a grandson of Genghis Khan and a Muslim leader who fought against his cousin Hulagu Khan, who destroyed Baghdad and threatened other Muslim lands. Learn how Berke Khan converted to Islam, allied with the Mamelukes, and stopped Hulagu Khan's advance in 1263.
Oct 14, 2019 · The fact that Berke was a Muslim put him at odds with Hulegu Khan (r. 1256-1265), the leader of the Ilkhanate, which had conquered Iran and Iraq and had become one of the four main powers in the Mongol Empire. Hulegu had sacked the great Muslim city of Baghdad in 1258 CE and had killed the last Abbasid caliph by rolling him in a carpet and ...
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