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Batu Khan (c. 1205 –1255) [note 1] was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire established after Genghis Khan's demise. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis Khan. His ulus ruled over the Kievan Rus', Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, and the Caucasus for around 250 years.
Batu Khan captured Pest, and then on Christmas Day 1241, Esztergom. [18] Prince Michael of Chernigov was passed between fires in accordance with ancient Turco-Mongol tradition. Batu Khan ordered him to prostrate himself before the tablets of Genghis Khan. The Mongols stabbed him to death for his refusal to do obeisance to Genghis Khan's shrine.
Batu, the grandson of Genghis Khan and future Khan Batu, remains the ruler of the former Khwarazm. In the epilogue, it is revealed that Tugan survives and transforms into a Mongol warrior. He travels to Khwarazm to locate his brother, Hadji Rahim, who is imprisoned and awaits execution by the imams.
The siege of Kiev by the Mongols took place between 28 November and 6 December 1240, and resulted in a Mongol victory. It was a heavy morale and military blow to the Principality of Galicia–Volhynia, which was forced to submit to Mongol suzerainty, and allowed Batu Khan to proceed westward into Central Europe.
The Great Khan had, however, died in December 1241, and on hearing the news, all the "Princes of the Blood," against Subutai's recommendation, went back to Mongolia to elect the new Khan. [8] After sacking Kiev, [9] Batu Khan sent a smaller group of troops to Poland, destroying Lublin and defeating an inferior Polish army. Other elements—not ...
Batu Khan constructs Sarai [9] Batu Khan dies and is succeeded by his son Sartaq Khan, who dies soon after, and then Ulaghchi [10] 1256: Daniel of Galicia expels Mongol garrisons from his territory [2] Golden Horde carries out census of Ruthenian lands [6] 1257: Ulaghchi dies and Berke, a Muslim, succeeds him [8] 1258: Novgorod rebels and is ...
On December 21, Batu Khan's troops stormed the walls, plundered Ryazan, killed Prince Yuriy and his wife, executed nearly all of the city's inhabitants, and burned the city to the ground. [1] "But God saved the Bishop, for he had departed the same moment when the troops invested the town."
There are several narrative sources of the Mongol invasion of Bulgaria, but none is detailed and they present distinct pictures of what transpired. [20] It is clear, though, that two forces entered Bulgaria at the same time: Kadan's from Serbia and another, led by Batu himself or Bujek, from across the Danube. [21]