Family tree of Genghis Khan

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The family tree of Genghis Khan is listed below. This family tree only lists prominent members of the Borjigin family and does not reach the present. Genghis Khan appears in the middle of the tree, and Kublai Khan appears at the bottom of the tree. The Borjigin family was the imperial house of the Mongol Empire (and its various successor states, dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

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Diagrammatic family tree

Only selected, prominent members are shown. Khagans (Great Khans who were rulers of the whole empire [1] ) are in bold.

Hoelun Yesugei
Börte Temüjin
( Genghis Khan )		 Khasar Khachiun Temüge Belgutei Behter
Jochi Chagatai Töregene Khatun Ögedei Sorghaghtani
Beki 		Tolui Alakhai Bekhi Checheikhen Alaltun
Batu Berke Baidar Güyük Kashin Orghana
Sartaq Kaidu Mubarak Shah
Möngke Kublai Hulagu Ariq Böke
Zhenjin Abaqa Khan
Temür Arghun

Detailed family tree

This section is divided in a series of sub-sections for better understanding. The first part traces Genghis Khan's lineage back to the dawn of the Mongol people, while the second part accounts for his notable descendants (ones that assumed leading roles within the Mongol Empire or later states). The first part is based on the written accounts of The Secret History of the Mongols , a semi-mythical and semi-accurate work of history. [2]

The second part is based on the work of several different scholars and historians (especially Rashid al-Din Hamadani), which are, in most cases, incomplete and even conflicting. The index preceding the individual's name represents the number of generations since a common ancestor (in the first part: Borte Chino; in the second part: Genghis Khan).

Genghis Khan's ancestors

Borte Chino (Grey Wolf) and his wife was Gua Maral (White Doe)

Genghis Khan's descendants

Temujin ( Genghis Khan ) - Founder and Khagan of the Mongol Empire (1206–1227)

Ancestral Family Tree

This is a family tree made using the mentions from The Secret History of the Mongols. Most names are written twice in different spellings.

Börte Chino
Grey Wolf		Gua Maral/Qo‘ai-maral
Fallow Deer
Bat Tsagan/Batačiqan
Son of Börte Chino and Qo‘ai-maral
Tamacha/Tamača
Son of Batačiqan
Horichar Mergen/Qoričar Mergen
Son of Tamača
Uujim Buraal/A‘uǰam Boro‘ul
Son of Qoričar Mergen
Sali Hachau/Sali Qačau
Son of A‘uǰam Boro‘ul
Yehe Nidun/Yeke Nidün
Son of Sali Qačau
Sem Sochi/Sem Soči
Son of Yeke Nidün
Harchu/Qarču
Son of Sem Soči
Borǰigidai Mergen
Son of Qarču		Mongoljin Gua/Mongqolǰin Qo‘aBarqudai Mergen
Lord of the Köl Barquǰin Lowland
MAALIQ BAYA‘UT CLAN
Torogoljin Bayan/Toroqolǰin Bayan
Son of Borǰigidai Mergen		Borogchin Gua/Boroqčin Qo‘a
Wife of Toroqolǰin Bayan		Bargujin Gua/Barquǰin Qo‘a
Mother of Alan Gua		Horilartai Mergen/Qorilartai Mergen
A Chief of Khori Tümed/Qori Tumat 		Person of Ma‘aliq Baya‘ut Clan
Duva Sokhor/Du‘a Soqor
First Son of Toroqolǰin Bayan; had only one eye		Dobun Mergen
Second Son of Toroqolǰin Bayan		 Alan Gua/Alan Qo‘a
Wife of Dobun Mergen		Servant of Dobun Mergen?
Four SonsBelgunudei/Belgünütei
First Son of Dobun Mergen		Bugunudei/Bügünütei
Second Son of Dobun Mergen		Bukhu Khatagi/Buqu Qatagi
First Son of Alan Gua		Bukhatu Salji/Buqatu Salǰi
Second Son of Alan Gua		Woman of J̌arči‘ut Clan (Adangqan Uriangqai) Bodonchar Munkhag/Bodončar Mungqaq
Third Son of Alan Gua		Principal Wife
J̌aǰiridai
"Son of Strangers"		Ba‘aridai
"Son of the Captured"		J̌e‘üredei
Concubinary Son of Bodonchar Munkhag		Habich Baghatur/Qabiči Ba'atur
Son of Bodonchar Munkhag; Epithet: 'Barim Si‘iratu' [g]
Čiduqul Bökö
DÖRBEN CLAN BELGÜNÜT CLANBÜGÜNÜT CLANQATAGI CLANSALJ̌I‘UT CLANJ̌ADARAN CLANBA‘ARIN CLANMENEN BA‘ARINJ̌EÜRET CLAN
Menen Tudun
Son of Habich Baghatur
Nomolun
Wife of Hachi Hulug		Hachi Hulug/Qači Külük
First Son of Menen Tudun		Hachin/Qačin
Second Son of Menen Tudun		Hachi‘u/Qači’u
Third Son of Menen Tudun		Hachula/Qačula
Fourth Son of Menen Tudun		Hachi‘un/Qači’un
Fifth Son of Menen Tudun		Haraldai/Qaraldai
Sixth Son of Menen Tudun		Nachin Baghatur/Način Ba‘atur
Seventh Son of Menen Tudun
Khaidu Khan/Qaidu Qa‘an
Son of Hachi Hulug		Noyagidai
Son of Hachin		Barulatai
Son of Hachi		Yeke Barula
First Son of Hachula		Üčügen Barula
Second Son of Hachula		Adarkidai
Son of Hachi‘un		Uru‘udai
First Son of Nachin Baghatur		Mangqutai
Second Son of Nachin Baghatur		Two Sons [h]
NOYAKIN CLANBARULAS CLANERDEMTÜ CLANTÖDÖ‘EN CLANADARGIN CLANBUDA‘AT CLANURU‘UT CLAN MANGQUT CLAN
Baishinkhor Doghsin/Bai Šingqor Dogšin
First Son of Khaidu Khan		Chirhya Lynhua/Čaraqai Lingqu
Second Son of Khaidu Khan		Chaujin Ortegei/Čauǰin Örtegei
Third Son of Khaidu Khan
ORONAR CLANQONGQOTAN CLANARULAD CLAN SUNUD CLAN QABTURQAS CLANGHENIGES CLAN
Tumanay Setsen/Tumbinai Sečen
Son of Baishinkhor Dogshin		Sengun Bilge/Senggüm Bilge
Son of Charakhai Linghu
Khabul Khan/Qabul Qa‘an
First Son of Tumanay Setsen		 Khaduli Barlas
Second Son of Tumanay Setsen		Semsochule/Sem Sečüle
Third Son of Tumanay Setsen		 Ambaghai Khan/Ambaqai Qa‘an
First Son of Sengun Bilge		Besütei
Second Son of Sengun Bilge
TAICHIYUT CLAN BESÜT CLAN
Okhinbarkhag/Ökin Barqaq
First Son of Khabul Khan		 Bartan Baghatur/Bartan Ba‘atur
Second Son of Khabul Khan		Khutugtu Monkhor/Qutuqtu Mönggür
Third Son of Khabul Khan		 Hotula Khan/Qotula Qa‘an
Fourth Son of Khabul Khan		Khulan/Qulan
Fifth Son of Khabul Khan		Khadan Baghatur/Qada‘an
Sixth Son of Khabul Khan		Todoi/Tödö‘en Otčigin
Seventh Son of Khabul Khan		 Erumduli Barlas
Son of Khaduli Barlas		Bultechu Baghatur/Bültečü Ba‘atur
Son of Sem Sečüle
Qutuqtu Yürki
Son of Okhinbarkhag		Three Sons [i] Yesukhei Baghatur/Yisügei Ba‘atur
Third Son of Bartan Baghatur		Büri Bökö
Son of Khutugtu Monkhor		Jochi
Girma‘u
Altan
Sons of Hotula Khan		Yeke Čeren
Son of Khulan		 Suqu Sechen
Son of Erumduli Barlas
YÜRKI CLAN
OLQUNU‘UT CLAN
Merkit Yeke Čiledu
Ex-fiancé of Hoelun		 Hoelun/Hö‘elün
Mother of Genghis Khan		 Yesukhei Baghatur/Yisügei Ba‘atur
Father of Genghis Khan		 Qarachar Noyan Barlas
Son of Suqu Sechen
BARLAS CLAN
Temüjin (Genghis Khan)
First Khagan of the Mongol Empire		 Börte [j]
Wife of Genghis Khan		 Jochi Hasar/Jo‘chi Qasar
Brother of Genghis Khan		 Qači‘un Elči/Hachi‘un Alchi
Brother of Genghis Khan		 Temüge Otčigin
Brother of Genghis Khan		Temülün
Sister of Genghis Khan

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Jochi's paternity is uncertain. It was a matter of debate during his lifetime as it is now. His mother, Borte Fujin, gave him birth within her 9-month period of captivity among the Merkit people. Despite of that, Genghis Khan always addressed Jochi as his own offspring.
  2. ↑ The ruling years of Sasi-Buqa, Erzen and Chimtai may have been as follows: Sasi-Buqa (1309–1315), Erzen (1315–1320), Chimtai (1344–1361), with the gap (1320–1344) being filled by the ruling years of Mubarak-Khwaja, who has been pointed as Chimtai's uncle, father or brother by some historians. However, recent findings[ which? ] indicate that Mubarak-Khwaja is actually not from Ordaid descent, but from Toqa-Timurid instead, which gives us the dates and the family tree structure observed in the main article.
  3. ↑ Following the deaths of Jani-Beg's sons, the Batuid lineage came to an end as rulers of the Blue Horde/Golden Horde. A period of anarchy (known as bulqaq in Turkic) took place in the Blue Horde and lasted until the establishment of Toqtamish’s rule in 1380. According to Ötemiš-Hājji, [3] Khidr was the first to claim Saray's empty throne with the support of Taidula (Jani-Beg's mother). His Shibanid lineage was also acknowledged by Spuler. [4]
  4. ↑ Following the death of Chimtai, the Ordaid lineage came to an end as rulers of the White Horde. According to Ötemiš-Hājji, [5] Qara-Nogai was the first to claim Signaq's empty throne with the support of his brothers (that later followed him). Qara-Nogai's (as Urus' and Mubarak Khwaja's) Toqa-Temurid lineage was also acknowledged by István Vásáry. [6]
  5. ↑ The position of Urus and his brother Tuli-Khwaja in Jochi's family tree is controversial. Scholars and historians had previously traced them to Orda's lineage (as sons of Chimtai), but nowadays most of the academics seem to agree that they were Toqa-Temur's descendants (sons of Badik). One of the strongest arguments in favour of this change is presented by István Vásáry [7]
  6. ↑ Toqtamish seized the throne of the Blue Horde in 1380, ending the bulqaq (anarchy period) and establishing the reunification of both east and west wings of the Golden Horde. Urus had achieved something similar in 1372, but that lasted only for a short period. Furthermore, despite being Khan of the Golden Horde de facto, Urus' position was contested among the Blue Horde by that time, and he never truly promoted the reunification of both wings.
  7. ↑ This epithet, according to The Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Vol. 12, most likely translates somewhere on the lines of "Having a Lower Leg Only as Long as the Breadth of the Fist". This description may refer to an expression for extremely short legs.
  8. ↑ The names of the two other sons of Nachin Baghatur were Šiǰu’udai and Doqoladai who were born of the wife ‘he [Nachin Baghatur] himself had taken’.
  9. ↑ The names of these sons were Mengitu Hiyan (Mönggetü Kiyan), Negun Taiji (Nekün Taiši) and Daridai (Dāridai Otčigin). The first two are elder to Yesukhei Baghatur respectively while the last one is the youngest sibling.
  10. ↑ Börte was the daughter of Dei Sečen and Tačotan.

Citations

  1. ↑ Morris., Rossabi (2012). The Mongols : a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. xxi. ISBN   9780199841455. OCLC   808367351.
  2. ↑ Morris., Rossabi (2012). The Mongols : a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN   9780199841455. OCLC   808367351.
  3. ↑ Čingiz-Nāma 50b: Judin 1992, p. 136.
  4. ↑ Spuler 1965, p. 111: “einem Ururenkel Šybans”.
  5. ↑ Čingiz-Nāma 53a: Judin 1992, p. 139.
  6. ↑ István Vásáry 2009, p. 383: “The Beginnings of Coinage in the Blue Horde”
  7. ↑ István Vásáry, 2009, p. 383: “The Beginnings of Coinage in the Blue Horde”
  8. 1 2 3 Weatherford, Jack (2010). The Secret History of the Mongol Queens. Broadway Paperbacks, NY.

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