Kurultai Elects Ögedei

Timeline

1. 1227–1229Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauAfter Genghis Khan died in 1227 the youngest son Tolui served as regent on his mother's order; the princes dispersed to guard their own appanages, and the succession of supreme power was deferred during the mourning period. When the mourning period ended in 1229 the princes answered the summons, preparing to convene a kurultai to elect a new great khan.
2. 1229Ködege Aral · Mongolian PlateauPrinces, imperial sons-in-law, and ministers gathered at Ködege Aral (Qoriltai) for the kurultai assembly. Genghis Khan's testamentary instructions were reaffirmed and Ögedei was elected to the throne of great khan. Chagatai, Tolui, and other princes attended and voiced support, and descendants of Jochi also sent representatives.
3. 1229Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauÖgedei formally took the throne as the second great khan of the Mongol Empire. He promptly adjusted relations between the center and the princes' appanages, planned the final offensive against the Jin dynasty and further conquests in Western Asia, and relied on advisers such as Yelü Chucai to regularize taxation and administration in Chinese lands, entering a phase of institutional state-building.