Möngke Temür (; ) or Tash Möngke was one of the sons of

il-khan The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm, ...

Hulagu Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulegu ( mn, Хүлэгү/ , lit=Surplus, translit=Hu’legu’/Qülegü; chg, ; Arabic: fa, هولاکو خان, ''Holâku Khân;'' ; 8 February 1265), was a Mongol The Mongols ( mn, Мон� ...

. He ruled over the Ilkhanate in the Mongol Empire.

Life

Rashid al-Din gives detailed account of his birth on

Jami' al-Tawarikh The ''Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh'' ( Persian/ Arabic: , ) is a work of literature and history, produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate. Written by Rashid al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318 AD) at the start of the 14th century, the breadth of coverage of the work ...

- he was born to

and his Oirat wife Öljei on 23 October 1256 at night. He was youngest son of his father. At age of 5 he was betrothed to

Abish Khatun Abish Khatun () — was the 9th and last ruler of the Salghurids of Shiraz from 1264 to 1282. Life as princess She was born in Shiraz around 1259/1260 to Salghurid Atabeg Sa'd II ( ca) and Turkan Khatun - daughter of Mahmudshah, Atabeg of Yazd. ...

, marrying her in 1272, also gaining governance of Shiraz. He was appointed by his brother

Abaqa Abaqa Khan (27 February 1234 – 4 April 1282, mn, Абаха/Абага хан (Khalkha Cyrillic), ( Traditional script), "paternal uncle", also transliterated Abaġa), was the second Mongol ruler (''Ilkhan'') of the Ilkhanate. The son of Hula ...

to organize defense lines on Caucasus against

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragment ...

at start of his career in 1266, later moved on to Egyptian border heading a 50.000 strong army towards Mamluk sultan

Qalawun ( ar, قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Bahri Mamluk sultan; he ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1290. He was called (, "Qalāwūn the Victorious"). Biography and rise to power Qalawun was a Kipchak, ancient Turkic ...

in 1281. He was aided by

Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, '' hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...

under Leo II and Georgians under Demetrius II. Möngke was wounded during the battle and subsequently fled. He stayed for a while

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

to recover. Rashīd al-Dīn, Jāmi‘ al Tawarikh, 1117, trans.Thackston, Harvard University, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. p. 544–5 His main supporters for throne were his mother Öljei and his Oirat kinsmen after Abaqa's death. However, he also died unexpectedly several days on 26 April 1282. According to Rashid al-Din, he was his brother's chosen successor.{{Cite web, url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/133445, title=Mediating Sacred Kingship: Conversion and Sovereignty in Mongol Iran, website=deepblue.lib.umich.edu, access-date=2020-04-15 His descendant Pir Husayn, was the last legitimate Hülaguid to hold the throne.

Family

He married several times with issues: * Principal wife — Öljei Khatun (his cousin and daughter of Buqa Timur of Oirats) ** Ara Qutlugh — married to Taraghai (son of Buqa Timur and his Möngke's cousin), later married to Tuladai Noyan * Second, later principal wife —

(betrothed in 1261, married in 1272) **

Kurdujin Khatun Kurdujin Khatun (prior to 1273–1338) was an Ilkhanid princess, ruler of Kerman in 1295–1296 and of Shiraz in 1319–1338 Life She was born to Abish Khatun and Möngke Temür, the son of Hulagu Khan. First Marriage Her marriage to Suyur ...

— Ruler of Kirman, later married to

Chupan Amir Chūpān ( fa, امیر چوپان; died November 1327), also spelt Choban or Coban, was a Chupanid noble of the Ilkhanate, and nominal general of the Mongol Empire. He was ennobled by Emperor Taiding of Yuan as Duke of Yi (翊國公). ...

* Nojin Khatun (daughter of Durabai Noyan - governor of

Diyar Bakr Diyar Bakr ( ar, دِيَارُ بَكرٍ, Diyār Bakr, abode of Bakr) is the medieval Arabic name of the northernmost of the three provinces of the Jazira ( Upper Mesopotamia), the other two being Diyar Mudar and Diyar Rabi'a. According to ...

) * Injitai — daughter of Jumghur Concubines: * Alinaq Egechi ** Anbarchi (accused of rebellion in 1292, d. 24 September 1294 in Nakhchivan) *** Esen Temür **** Yol Qutlugh ***** Pir Husayn (d. 1338) *** Qonchi *** Qutuqtai (married to Arap Noyan, son of

Samagar Samagar, also Cemakar, was a Mongol general of the Il-Khan ruler Abaqa Khan (1234–1282), mentioned as leading a Mongol invasion force in 1271, in attempted coordination with the Ninth Crusade. Background Little is known about Samagar, but he ...

) ** Taiju (executed on 15 April 1298 on the order of

Ghazan Mahmud Ghazan (5 November 1271 – 11 May 1304) (, Ghazan Khan, sometimes archaically spelled as Casanus by the Westerners) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304. He was the son of A ...

) *** Pulad (executed with his father) ** Girei (d. 3 June 1294) * Bibi Shah (daughter of

Rukn al-Din Mubarak Khwaja The Five Pillars of Islam (' ; also ' "pillars of the religion") are fundamental practices in Islam, considered to be obligatory acts of worship for all Muslims. They are summarized in the famous hadith of Gabriel. The Sunni and Shia agree on ...

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in 221,389 households, ma ...

) * A concubine ** Buyan Agha — married to Sutai Noyan, governor of

during

Öljaitü Öljaitü ( mn, , Öljaitü Qaghan, fa, اولجایتو), also known as Mohammad-e Khodabande ( fa, محمد خدابنده, ''khodābande'' from Persian meaning the "slave of God" or "servant of God"; 1280 – December 16, 1316), was the eig ...

and

Abu Said Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian universi ...

*** Hajji Taghai (d. 1343) *** Baranbai

References

1282 deaths 1256 births Ilkhanate