Atämaz ( mdf, Атямас, Atiamas, belonging to Atäm (Thunder God)) was a Moxel prince of 13th c. He was the son of Kanazor (King)

Puresh Puresh ( mdf, Пуреш, Puresh, pureh brewing time born) was a Moksha Kanazor, ruler of Kingdom Moxel in ( Middle Volga) mentioned in Russians sources as Murunza. He was an ally of Russian Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir and of the Cuman Kh ...

and brother of Queen

Narchat Narchat, Narchatka, Naricha ( mdf, Нарчат, Нарчатка, Нарича, Narchat, Narchatka, Naricha) was a Mokshas, Moksha Queen,Лебедев В. И. Загадочный город Мохши, Пенза, 1958, p.15 ruler of Mukhsha U ...

War For Kadoma

Erzya-Moksha War

Europe Campaign

In September 1237 the Mongols invaded

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kingdom Moxel). Puresh became a vassal of

Batu Khan Batu Khan ( – 1255),, ''Bat haan'', tt-Cyrl, Бату хан; ; russian: хан Баты́й was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis Khan. ...

and joined Mongol army in the European campaign. Puresh's warriors became the vanguard of the Mongol army and took part in the seizure of

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and

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Massacre before Battle of Legnica

Puresh secretly met with the

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, on 8 April 1241, one day before the

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, and they agreed that the Moksha army would join the

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and

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Subutai Subutai (Classical Mongolian: ''Sübügätäi'' or ''Sübü'ätäi''; Modern Mongolian: Сүбээдэй, ''Sübeedei''. ; ; c. 1175–1248) was a Mongol general and the primary military strategist of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan. He directed m ...

uncovered the plot. Puresh, his son Atämaz and many Moksha warriors were killed while sleeping after midnight on 9 April 1241.Мадуров Д. Ф. Волжские земли в истории и культуре России: Материалы Всероссийской научной конференции//Мадуров Д. Ф. События XIII века в истории эрзи и мокши., О сражении на Золотарёвском городище осенью 1237 г. (Dmitry Madurov. 13th Century Events in Moksha and Erzya History., Sernya battle in autumn 1237)

Mordovian State University N. P. Ogarev's Mordovia State University (MSUO or OMSU for Ogarev Mordovia State University, or MRSU for Мордовский государственный университет имени Н. П. Огарева, ''Mordovskyi Gosudarstvennyi U ...

, Saransk: Krasnyy Oktyabr, 2004. Part I — p. 264

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* Based on British Library MS Royal 14.C.XIII Fol. 225r-236r and thus ends prematurely.
''Opus Majus'', Volume I
in the Internet Archive – original text in Latin (includin
Part IV
, ed. by John Henry Bridges, 1900. * *

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