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| Berke Khan برکه خان | |
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_mint._Struck_circa_AH_662-665_(AD_1263-1267).jpg) Coinage of Berke, Qrim (Crimea) mint, struck circa AH 662–665 (AD 1263–1267). | |
| Khan of the Golden Horde Western Half (Blue Horde) | |
| Reign | 1257–1266 |
| Predecessor | Ulaghchi |
| Successor | Mengu-Timur |
| Born | c. 1208 Burkhan Khaldun, Mongolia |
| Died | 1266 (aged 58) Kura River, Azerbaijan |
| Spouse | Melike Hatun (Daughter of Kayqubad I) |
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| Dynasty | Borjigin |
| Father | Jochi |
| Mother | Sultan Khatun (Captured Khwarazmian Princess) |
| Religion | Islam |
Berke Khan (died 1266; also Birkai; Turki/Kypchak: برکه خان, Mongolian: Бэрх хан, Tatar: Бәркә хан) was a grandson of Genghis Khan from his son Jochi and a Mongol military commander and ruler of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire,[note 1] who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Horde[note 2] from 1257 to 1266. He succeeded his brother Batu Khan of the Blue Horde (West), and was responsible for the first official establishment of Islam in a khanate of the Mongol Empire.[1] Following the Sack of Baghdad by Hulagu Khan, his cousin and head of the Mongol Ilkhanate based in Persia, he allied with the Egyptian Mamluks against Hulagu. Berke also supported Ariq Böke against Kublai in the Toluid Civil War, but did not intervene militarily in the war because he was occupied in his own war against Hulagu and the Ilkhanate.
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- ^ De Weese, Devin (1994). Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde. Penn State Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-271-01073-8.