Möngke Khan

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13th-century monarch Great Khan of the Mongol Empire Mongol ruler

Möngke Khan was the fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, under whose rule the empire reached its greatest territorial extent and saw major administrative and fiscal reforms.

Aliases (1)

Möngke ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	13th-century monarch → Great Khan of the Mongol Empire → Mongol ruler →
alternativeName	Mangu Khan → Möngke →
birthDate	1209 →
birthPlace	Mongol Empire →
burialPlace	secret burial site in Mongolia (traditional) →
campaignDirected	Mongol campaigns against the Southern Song dynasty → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü →
causeOfDeath	illness during campaign →
conflict	Mongol invasions of the Middle East → Mongol–Song War →
deathDate	1259 →
deathPlace	near Diaoyu Fortress, Sichuan →
dynasty	Borjigin →
era	Mongol Empire →
ethnicGroup	Mongols →
father	Tolui →
fullName	Möngke Khan →
grandfather	Genghis Khan →
heldKurultai	Kurultai of 1251 electing him Great Khan →
house	House of Tolui →
implementedPolicy	centralization of imperial administration → empire-wide census → tax system reform →
languageSpoken	Mongolian →
mother	Sorghaghtani Beki →
notableFor	standardizing taxation across the empire → strengthening central authority of the Great Khan → supporting religious tolerance →
notableWork	administrative reforms of the Mongol Empire →
ordinalInOffice	4 →
patronage	Buddhist clergy → Muslim administrators → Nestorian Christian clergy →
positionHeld	Great Khan of the Mongol Empire →
predecessor	Güyük Khan →
reignEnd	1259 →
reignStart	1251 →
religion	Tengrism →
sibling	Ariq Böke → Böri → Hülegü Khan → Kublai Khan →
spouse	Oghul-Khoimish (disputed/uncertain) →
successor	Ariq Böke → Kublai Khan →
territorialExtent	largest extent of the Mongol Empire →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Möngke Khan ("Möngke") →	alternativeName
Möngke Khan →	fullName
Mongols →	notableLeader
Kublai Khan →	predecessor
Batu Khan →	relative