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Also known as Shuozhihaer, Joci Qasar, Jo'chi Qasar, Khasar, Hasar, Habutu Hasar

Khasar (; , ), was one of the three full brothers of Genghis Khan. According to the ''Jami' al-Tawarikh, his given name was Jochi and he got the nickname Khasar'' after his distinguished bravery. He was also called Khabht Khasar ( ; ) because he was skilled with a bow.

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Khasar (; , ), was one of the three full brothers of Genghis Khan. According to the ''Jami' al-Tawarikh, his given name was Jochi and he got the nickname Khasar'' after his distinguished bravery. He was also called Khabht Khasar ( ; ) because he was skilled with a bow.

==Early life== Hasar, as a child, was thrown out of the Borjigin tribe along with the rest of the family by the Taichiud warlord Targhutai Hiriltug. Food was scarce and Behter, his older half-brother, and the eldest of all the sons of the late Yesugei, stole or kept food from his mother and siblings. Hasar and his brother Temüjin, who later became known as Genghis Khan, killed their half-brother Behter as he returned from a fresh hunt. After the defeat of Temüjin at Khalakhaljid Sands (1203), Hasar was lost and hid himself, along with his sons and followers, in the forest. Temüjin then gathered new adherents among the Mongols, tricked his rival Ong Khan with a fake message of surrender from his missing brother Hasar, and crushed the Keraites in late 1203.

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