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Ariq Böke
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Key facts
- Reign
- 11 August 1259 – 21 August 1264
- Predecessor
- Möngke Khan
- Successor
- Kublai Khan
- Born
- c. 1219 , Mongol Empire
- Died
- 1266 (aged 46 – 47)
- Spouse
- Elchiqmash Khatun Qutiqta Khatun Qutlu Khatun Iraghui Khatun Eshitai Khatun
- Issue
- Yubuqur , Meliktemur , Tamachi, Nayirbukha , Haluhan Ahai, Neguder ahai, Nomuhan Ahai
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mongol Empire
- Place of death
- Mongol Empire
- Father
- Tolui
- Mother
- Sorghaghtani Beki
- Occupation
- khan
- Position held
- khan
- Family
- Genghisid
- Image
- Ariq Boke (enthroned). Timurid genealogy 1405-1409, Samarkand (Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi, H2152) folio 33b.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1219-01-01
- date of death
- 1266-01-01
- Commons category
- Ariq Böke
- described by source
- New History of Yuan
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseBorjigin FatherTolui Khan MotherSorghaghtani Beki ReligionTengrism
Ariq Böke (c. 1219–1266) was the seventh and youngest son of Tolui and a grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of his brother the Great Khan Möngke, Ariq Böke claimed the title of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and briefly took power while his brothers Kublai and Hulagu were absent from the Mongolian Plateau. When Kublai returned for an election in 1260, rival factions could not agree, and elected both claimants, Kublai and Ariq Böke, to the throne, resulting in the Toluid Civil War that fragmented the Mongol Empire. Ariq Böke was supported by the traditionalists of the Mongol Empire, while his brother Kublai was supported by the senior princes of North China and Manchuria.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ariq Böke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.