Jamukha

Timeline

1. 1171–1180Onon River (Önen) basin · Onon River basinJamukha and Temüjin met as youths and exchanged gifts to become anda. Even after Yesügei's death left Temüjin's family in hardship, they kept close ties, hunting and nomading together on the steppe, laying the basis for their brief later alliance.
2. 1178–1180Eastern Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauAfter Temüjin's wife Börte was carried off by the Merkits, Jamukha answered Temüjin's request and campaigned together with the Kereit forces of Ong Khan, helping Temüjin recover his wife and seize plunder—the high point of their anda bond.
3. 1181–1206Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauAfter their followers dispersed, Jamukha and Temüjin briefly reunited, but soon split again over the division of power and tribal disaffection. Thereafter Jamukha repeatedly organized the Tatars, Naimans, and others against Temüjin until his defeat and capture in 1206, when he asked to be executed to preserve the honor of their anda bond.