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Tolui
Tolui, youngest son of Genghis Khan, was famed as a warrior; in 1221–1222 he campaigned west against Khwarazm with Ögedei and others.…
Timeline
- c. 1193–1219Mongolian steppe · Mongolian PlateauTolui was the youngest son born to Genghis Khan and Börte; by Mongol custom he often stayed near the Onon River to guard the ancestral patrimony and bore responsibility for protecting the empire's foundation.
- 1221–1222Merv, Nishapur · KhorasanIn 1221 Tolui led his army across the Oxus into Khorasan, jointly besieging Merv, Nishapur, and other cities with Ögedei, destroying the main Khwarazmian forces in one of the decisive battles of the Mongol western campaigns.
- 1227–1229Mongolian steppe · Mongolian PlateauAfter Genghis Khan's death in 1227 Tolui directed state affairs and carried out his last testament; at the kurultai in 1229 he advanced Ögedei's accession, meanwhile coordinating the appanage divisions among the brothers and the empire's succession order.
Sources
- 元史·睿宗本纪 https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/元史/卷002
- The Secret History of the Mongols https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Secret-History-of-the-Mongols