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Kadan

Type Figure Region Mongolian Plateau Time c. 1210–1260 Also known as Kadan、Qadan、合丹 Khan

Kadan, son of Ögedei and grandson of Genghis Khan, was a 13th-century Mongol prince-commander who campaigned in Poland and Hungary during the western…

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  1. c. 1210–1234Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauKadan was born of a favored concubine of Ögedei and was a half-brother of Güyük; as a member of the imperial clan he took part in military and political activities in the early Mongol Empire.
  2. 1235–1240Rus' lands and the North Caucasus · Kievan Rus'After the western campaign began in 1235, Kadan took part in the conquest of the Rus' cities and the North Caucasus, and in the sieges of Mingas and other towns in 1238–1239, laying the groundwork for the Polish detachment's operations.
  3. 1240–1241Legnica, Poland · Lower SilesiaIn early 1241 Kadan led forces that ravaged Lublin, Sandomierz, and Mazovia, then with Baidar and Orda defeated the Polish–German–Teutonic Knights army led by Henry II at Legnica, cutting off Bohemian reinforcements.

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