- The
Keraites (also Kerait, Kereit, Khereid; Mongolian: Хэрэйд; Chinese: 克烈) were one of the five
dominant Mongol or
Turkic tribal confederations (khanates)...
- born
around 1130, to
Nestorian family of
Keraites. His
father was
Cyriacus Buyruk Khan, the
leader of
Keraites.
Toghrul had a very
difficult youth. The...
- Christian. In the time of
Genghis Khan, his sons took
Christian wives of the
Keraites, and
under the rule of
Genghis Khan's grandson, Möngke Khan, the primary...
-
nobles traced their descent to the
Mongol Keraite ruler Toghrul, and many
Torghuts descended from the
Keraites. They
might have been
kheshigs of the Great...
-
discovered this plan and they
escaped at the last moment. Eventually, the
Keraites were
routed in the
ensuing war and
Toghrul was killed,
possibly by the...
-
Khamag Mongol, to
dethrone his
brothers among the
Keraites, the
Mongols helped him
defeat the
Keraite leaders and put him on the
throne in the
early 12th...
- The
qualifier Mongol tribes was
established as an
umbrella term in the
early 13th century, when Temüjin (later
Genghis Khan)
united the
different tribes...
- 13th-century
princess of the
Keraites who was
married to
Hulagu Khan,
founder of the Ilkhanate.
Doquz Khatun was a
granddaughter of the
Keraite khan Toghrul, through...
- ascertained, Temüjin's army rode
through the
night and
surrounded the
Keraite camp. The
Keraites fought for
three days
before they surrendered.
Toghrul fled the...
-
Prester became identified with Genghis'
foster father, Toghrul, king of the
Keraites,
given the Jin
title Ong Khan Toghrul.
Fairly truthful chroniclers and...
