Kaidu (11th century)

Khaidu Khan
ᠬᠠᠢ᠌ᠳᠤ
Khan of The Borjigid
Khan of Mongol Borjigid
Reign? – 1100
PredecessorHachi Hulug
SuccessorBashinkhor Khan
Bornc. 1025
Northern Mongolia
Diedc. 1100
(aged 74–75)
Northern Mongolia
IssueBashinkhor Dogshin
Charaqai Lingqum
Era name and dates
(Liao Era11th–Centuries)
HouseBorjigid Dynasty
FatherHachi Hulug
MotherMonolun
ReligionTengrism

Kaidu (/ˈkdu/; b. 1025 – d. 1100; Middle Mongol: ᠬᠠᠢ᠌ᠳᠤ [ˈqʰaɪd̥ʊ], Modern Mongol: Хайду, Khaidu [ˈχæːtʊ̽]) was a Mongol ruler of the Borjigin clan who was the great-great-grandson of Bodonchar Munkhag (c. 850 – 900). Kaidu's great-grandson was Khabul Khan (died 1149), and Khabul Khan's great-grandson was Genghis Khan (1162–1227), and Kaidu's other great-grandson Khadjuli (died 12th century), and Khadjuli Barlas' great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Timur Barlas (1330s–1405), his son Bashinkhor Dogshin succeeded him.[1]

  1. ^ Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood) (1974). The language of the Chinese "Secret history of the Mongols". Published for the Society by B. Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-15800-6. OCLC 14944093.