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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia.
Kublai Khan
founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Ögedei Khan
Khan of the Mongol Empire (c.1186-1241) (r. 1229-1241)
Hulegu Khan
Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265)
Jochi
Jochi (; ), also spelled Jüchi, was a prince of the early Mongol Empire. His life was marked by controversy over the circumstances of his birth and culminated in his estrangement from his family. He was nevertheless a prominent military commander and the progenitor of the family who ruled over the khanate of the Golden Horde.
Möngke Khan
Fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
Tolui
Tolui ( – 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. Tolui's wife was Sorghaghtani Beki; their sons included Möngke and Kublai, the fourth and fifth khans of the empire, and Hulagu, the founder of the Ilkhanate.
Güyük Khan
Third Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
Temür Khan
2nd emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
Ariq Böke
13th-century Mongolian monarch
Nogai Khan
General and de facto ruler of the Golden Horde
Töregene Khatun
Great Khatun of the Mongul Empire
Kaidu
Kaidu (; Middle Mongol: , Modern Mongol: , Khaidu ; c. 1235 – 1301) was a grandson of Ögedei Khan (1186–1241) and thus leader of the House of Ögedei and the de facto khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a division of the Mongol Empire. He ruled parts of modern-day Xinjiang and Central Asia during the 13th century, and actively opposed his cousin, Kublai, who established the Yuan dynasty. Medieval chroniclers often mistranslated Kadan as Kaidu, mistakenly placing Kaidu at the Battle of Legnica. Kadan was the brother of Güyük, and Kaidu's uncle.
Orda Khan
Mongol Khan
Jamukha
Jamukha (), a military and political leader of the Jadaran tribe who was proclaimed Gur Khan ('Universal Ruler') in 1201 by opposing factions, was a principal rival to Temüjin (proclaimed Genghis Khan in 1206) during the struggle for supremacy over the diverse tribes of the Mongolian steppe, a conflict that ultimately led to their unification under Temüjin.
Godan Khan
Mongolian khan, second son of ögödei
Mutukan
Mutukan also spelled as '''Mö'etüken''' (died 1221), was the eldest son of Chagatai Khan and a grandson of the founding Mongol khagan Genghis Khan. Mutukan was killed during the siege of Bamyan in 1221 by an arrow from the besieged walls. His son was Yesü Nto'a. Yesu' Nto'a was the father of Baraq (Chagatai Khan). Buraq Khan was the khan of Moghulistan from 1266 to 1271.
Tayan Khan
Khan of the Naiman tribe
Qun Quran
Mongol Khan
Nambui
Nambui (,; , fl. 1294) was a Khongirad empress consort of the Yuan dynasty. She was married to Kublai Khan after the death of his second wife Chabi.
Köchü
Khüchü (or Köchü, Konchi, Konichi) was Khan of the White Horde from to 1302. He was the eldest son of Sartaqtai (son of Orda Khan) and Qujiyan of the Qongirat.
Alawusitijihuli
Alaqush Tegin Quri or Alaqush Digit Quri (, , died 1211) was a tribal leader of Onguds and a contemporary of Genghis Khan.
Quduqa Beki
13th century Oirat ruler
Buyruq khan
Naiman khan
Kutlugh Turkan
Ruler of Kirman (r. 1257-1282)