Death of Jochi

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1. 1226Kipchak Steppe · Kipchak SteppeJochi was ordered to lead his troops in the Kipchak steppe region to pursue remaining enemies and consolidate the gains of the western campaigns. During this time he fell ill or suffered a relapse of old wounds; his condition steadily worsened and he could no longer personally direct large-scale military operations.
2. 1226Kipchak Steppe · Kipchak SteppeJochi died of illness on the Kipchak steppe at about forty-three years of age. News of his death reached Genghis Khan; though the great khan grieved, the line of eldest-son succession was thereby broken, and the question of succession to the empire's highest power resurfaced.
3. 1226–1227Kipchak Steppe · Kipchak SteppeAfter Jochi's death, his sons (mainly Batu, Orda, and Shiban) divided the tribesmen and pasturelands within their father's appanage. The Kipchak-direction western campaign forces and conquests passed into the hands of Jochi's descendants, laying the foundation for the future Golden Horde, and relatively elevating the positions of Ögedei, Tolui, and other brothers in the succession competition.