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Berke
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Berke Khan (died 1266/1267; also Birkai; Turki/Kypchak: برکه خان, ᠪᠡᠷᠬᠡ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ) was a Mongol military commander and the ruler of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire, who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Horde from 1257 to 1266. He was a grandson of Genghis Khan from his son Jochi.
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Berke was a male khan of the Golden Horde who adhered to Islam. Born in 1209 in Burkhan Khaldun, he was a member of the Genghisid family and the son of Jochi. His siblings included Batu Khan, Tuka Temür, Orda Khan, and Shiban. He died in Tbilisi in 1267, though a date of 1266 is also recorded.
His life and role as a khan are documented in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the New History of Yuan. While other entities share the name Berke, including a musician associated with Turkish rap and an author, this passage refers specifically to the historical khan.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Berke Khan
- Royalty.image
- Golden Horde. Berke. AH 655-665 AD 1257-1267 Qrim (Crimea) mint. Struck circa AH 662-665 (AD 1263-1267).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Coinage of Berke, Qrim (Crimea) mint, struck circa AH 662–665 (AD 1263–1267).
- Royalty.succession
- Khan of the Golden HordeWestern Half (Blue Horde)
- Royalty.reign1
- 1257–1266
- Royalty.predecessor1
- Ulaghchi
- Royalty.successor1
- Mengu-Timur
- Royalty.spouse
- Melike Hatun (daughter of Kayqubad I)
- Royalty.house
- Borjigin
- Royalty.house type
- Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Jochi
- Royalty.mother
- Sultan Khatun (Captured Khwarazmian Princess)
- Royalty.birth_place
- Burkhan Khaldun, Mongolia
- Royalty.death_date
- 1266/1267 (aged 59–60)
- Royalty.death_place
- Kura River, Azerbaijan
- Royalty.religion
- Sunni Islamprev. Tengrism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Golden Horde
- Place of birth
- Burkhan Khaldun
- Place of death
- Tbilisi
- Father
- Jochi
- Sibling
- Shiban
- Occupation
- khan
- Position held
- khan
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Genghisid
- Image
- Golden Horde. Berke. AH 655-665 AD 1257-1267 Qrim (Crimea) mint. Struck circa AH 662-665 (AD 1263-1267).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1209-01-01
- date of death
- 1266-01-01
- described by source
- New History of Yuan
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/b/baraka_kan.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Name
- Birth
- Background
- Conversion to Islam
- Assuming the Golden Horde
- Berke–Hulagu War
- Death and aftermath
- Ancestry
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
Berke Khan (died 1266/1267; also Birkai; Turki/Kypchak: برکه خان, ᠪᠡᠷᠬᠡ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ ) was a Mongol military commander and the ruler of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire, who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Horde from 1257 to 1266. He was a grandson of Genghis Khan from his son Jochi.
He succeeded his brother Batu Khan of the Blue Horde (West), and was responsible for the first official establishment of Islam in a khanate of the Mongol Empire. Following the Sack of Baghdad by Hulagu Khan, his cousin and head of the Mongol Ilkhanate based in Persia, he allied with the Egyptian Mamluks against Hulagu. Berke also supported Ariq Böke against Kublai in the Toluid Civil War, but did not intervene militarily in the war because he was occupied in his own war against Hulagu and the Ilkhanate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Berke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.