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Shigi Qutuqu (Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠭᠢᠬᠤᠲᠤᠭ; c. 1178 –1260) [1] was a high-ranking official during the early decades of the Mongol Empire.The adopted son of the empire's founder Temüjin (later entitled Genghis Khan) and his wife Börte, Shigi Qutuqu played an important role in the codification of Mongol law, serving with distinction as an administrator in North China.
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.
Ögedei Khan, the third son of Genghis Khan and the second Great Khan, proclaimed the Great Yassa as an integral body of precedents at his coronation at the kurultai of 1229. [4] He confirmed the continuing validity of his father's commands and ordinances, and added his own. Ögedei codified rules of dress, as well as the conduct of the kurultais.
Genghis Khan [a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] 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 .
He was born as the second son to Kublai Khan and first to Chabi Khatun. The Chinese Zen Buddhist monk Haiyun gave him the name Zhenjin ("True Gold") when he was born in 1243. [ 3 ] He was created Prince of Yan (燕王), became the head of the Central Secretariat ( Zhongshu Sheng ) by his father in 1262, [ 3 ] and was designated as the Crown ...
Khulan (Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠯᠠᠨ, romanized: qulan; Chinese: 忽蘭; pinyin: Hūlán; c. 1164 – c. 1215) (also called Qulan) [1] was an empress consort of Genghis Khan and head of the second Court of Genghis Khan. [2] Her status in the Mongol Empire was second only to Grand Empress Börte.
Barchuq thereafter sought the friendship and protection of Genghis Khan by sending gifts of gold and jewellery and helping the Mongols pursue some of their Merkit enemies. [10] In 1211, his efforts were rewarded when Genghis named him a "fifth son" and betrothed Al-Altan, then around fifteen, to him; this was a high honour as Al-Altan was ...
Hachiun (Mongolian: Хачиун, also known as Hachiun Alchi Mongolian: Хачиун Алчи, Qachi'un, [1] [2] Qachi'un-elchi [1]), was a full-brother of Genghis Khan and the third child of Yesugei and Hoelun. The Secret History of the Mongols specifies that "when Temujin was 9 years old, Hachiun was five years old."