People of the Mongol Empire  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

Chapters: Möngke Khan, Batu Khan, Subutai, Sorghaghtani Beki, Rashid-Al-Din Hamadani, Buscarello de Ghizolfi, Töregene Khatun, Tolui, Orda Khan, Jöchi Khasar, Ariq Böke, Börte, Yelü Chucai, Kitbuqa, Kadan, Kököchin, Mandukhai Khatun, Oghul Qaimish, Jebe, Qi Empress, Kaidu, Baiju, Shiban, Muqali, Bolad, Wang Khan, Yesügei, Arghun Aqa, Darayisung Küdeng Khan, Ahmad Fanakati, Orghana, Aju, Amir Qazaghan, Hoelun, Buluqhan Khatun, Büri, Urus Khan, \'abdullah, Temüge, Chormaqan, Antong, Bulugan, Boroldai, Negudar, Doquz Khatun, Khutulun, Shikhikhutag, Zhenjin, Ismail, Shams Ad-Din Juvayni, Al Al-Din, Timur-Malik, Mahmud Yalavach, Khajiun, Toqtaqiya, Toqoqan, Chilaun, Ubasi Khong Tayiji, Badma Erdeni Khong Tayiji. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 193. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher\'s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Möngke Khan, also transliterated as Mongke, Mongka, Möngka, Mangu or Mangku (Mongolian: ; c. 12081259), was the fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1251 to 1259. He was the first Great Khan from the Toluid line. Under Möngke, the Mongols conquered Iraq and Syria as well as the Tai kingdom of Nanzhao and the area of present-day Vietnam. He made significant reforms to improve the administration of the Empire. Möngke was born on January 10, 1209, the eldest son of Genghis Khan\'s teen-aged boy Tolui and Sorghaghtani. Teb Tengri Khokhcuu, the powerful shaman, saw in the stars a great future for the child and bestowed on him the name Mongke, \"eternal\" in the Mongolian language. His uncle Ogedei\'s childless queen Angqui raised him at her ordo (nomadic palace). In 1230, Mongke went to war for the first time, following the Great Khan Ogedei and his father Tolui into battle against the Jin Dynasty (11151234). Tolui died in 1232 and Ogedei appointed Sorghaghtani head of the Toluid appanage. Following the Mongol c...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=742605