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Tolui (c. 1191 –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.
The sudden death of Tolui in 1232 seems to have affected Ögedei deeply. According to some sources, Tolui sacrificed his own life, accepting a poisoned drink in shamanist ritual in order to save Ögedei who was suffering from illness. [22] Other sources say Ögedei orchestrated Tolui's death with the help of shamans who drugged the alcoholic ...
The Toluid Civil War was a war of succession fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264. [1] Möngke Khan died in 1259 with no declared successor, precipitating infighting between members of the Tolui family line for the title of Great Khan that escalated to a civil war. [1]
Tolui arrived at the city on 7 April, and the inhabitants, awed by the size of his force, immediately sought to agree surrender terms. Because the killing of the khan's son-in-law had been a grave insult to the Mongols, all proposals were rejected; the assault had begun before the end of the day, with the walls being breached on 9 April and the ...
Bamiyan in the Hindu Kush was another scene of carnage, where stiff resistance resulted in the death of a grandson of Genghis. Next was the city of Tus. By spring 1221, the province of Khorasan was under complete Mongol rule. Leaving garrison forces behind him, Tolui headed back east to rejoin his father. [citation needed]
Walken, along with Wagner, were two of the three people on Wood and Wagner’s boat, the Splendour, when she was found dead on Nov. 29, 1981.
Warning: This story contains spoilers from the Thursday, March 11, episode of Grey’s Anatomy. A hard but noble decision. Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff and actor Giacomo Gianniotti ...
The House of Ögedei, sometimes called the Ögedeids, was an influential Mongol family and a branch of the Borjigin clan from the 12th to 14th centuries. They were descended from Ögedei (c. 1186–1241), a son of Genghis Khan who succeeded his father to become the second khagan of the Mongol Empire.