Mengu-Timur

Möngke Temür
ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ
Khan
Coinage of Möngke (Mengu) Timur. Bulghar mint. Dated AH 672 or 3 (AD 1273-1275)
Khan of the Golden Horde
Western Half (Blue Horde)
Reign1266–1280
PredecessorBerke
SuccessorTode Mongke
Died1280
Sarai
SpouseOljai Khatun
Sultan Khatun
Qutuqui Khatun
IssueToqta
Toghrilcha
Alqui
Thocomerius
HouseBorjigin
DynastyGolden Horde
FatherToqoqan Khan
MotherKöchu Khatun
ReligionShamanist
Tamga

Mengu-Timur (/ˈmɛŋɡ ˈtɪmər/ MEN-goo TIM-ər) or Möngke Temür (Mongolian: ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ, Мөнхтөмөр; died 1280) was a son of Toqoqan Khan[1] (himself the son of Batu) and Köchu Khatun of Oirat,[2] the daughter of Toralchi Küregen and granddaughter of Qutuqa Beki. Mengu-Timur was a khan of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire in 1266–1280.

His name literally means "Eternal Iron" in the Mongolian language.

  1. ^ Morgan, David. The Mongols. p. 224.
  2. ^ Rashid al-Din. Universal History. Vol. II. p. 102.