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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Mongke Khan, Batu Khan, Subutai, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Sorghaghtani Beki, Bayan of the Baarin, Toregene Khatun, Buscarello de Ghizolfi, Tolui, Orda Khan, Jochi Khasar, Ariq Boke, Kaidu, Borte, Kitbuqa, Yelu Chucai, Khutulun, Kadan, Mandukhai Khatun, Kokochin, Oghul Qaimish, Bolad, Jebe, Qi Empress, Shiban, Baiju, Yesugei, Bayan of the Merkid, Ong Khan, Muqali, Arghun Aqa, Ahmad Fanakati, Darayisung Kudeng Khan, Aju, Orghana, Amir Qazaghan, Buri, Hoelun, 'Abdullah, Buluqhan Khatun, Taghachar, Temuge, Urus Khan, Doquz Khatun, Zhenjin, Chormaqan, Boroldai, Shams ad-Din Juvayni, Antong, Bulugan, Negudar, Shikhikhutag, Ismail, Mahmud Yalavach, Al al-Din, Timur-Malik, Khajiun, Ubasi Khong Tayiji, Korguz, Toqoqan, Toqtaqiya, Jelme, Chilaun, Badma Erdeni Khong Tayiji. Excerpt: Mongke Khan (Mongolian: Мөнх хаан), born Mongke, (January 10, 1209 - August 11, 1259 ), was the fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from July 1, 1251 - August 11, 1259. He was the first Great Khan from the Toluid line. Under Mongke, the Mongols conquered Iraq and Syria as well as the kingdom of Nanzhao and the area of present-day Vietnam. He made significant reforms to improve the administration of the Empire. Mongke was born on January 10, 1209 as the eldest son of Genghis Khan's teen-aged son Tolui and Sorghaghtani. Teb Tengri Khokhcuu, the powerful shaman, saw in the stars a great future for the child and bestowed on him the name Mongke, "eternal" in the Mongolian language. His uncle Ogedei's childless queen Angqui raised him at her ordo (nomadic palace). Ogedei instructed Persian scholar Idi-dan Muhammed to teach writing to Mongke. On his way back home after the conquest of Khwarizmian Empire, Genghis Khan performed the ceremony on his grandsons Mongke and Kublai after their first hunting in 1224 near the Ili...
