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Berke Khan
Berke, son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan, was the second khan of the Golden Horde (acceding 1257);…
Timeline
- 1262–1265Caucasus · CaucasusBecause of Hulegu's sack of Baghdad and religious differences, Berke led an invasion of the Ilkhanate's Caucasian frontier in 1262, clashing fiercely with Hulegu's forces — the first large-scale war between Mongol khanates.
- 1265–1266Sarai · SaraiAfter Hulegu's death Berke continued to face off against the Ilkhanate, consolidating the Golden Horde's Islamic rule in the Volga–Caucasus region, and died in 1266.
Sources
- Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) — Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1307)
- The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia — René Grousset (1970)