The caption for this 1910 image reads: “The Mongolian ruler Odogei Khan [third] son of Genghis Khan—miniature from a collection in Paris” The Mongolian general and statesman Kublai Khan (also spelled Khubilai Khan) was the grandson of Genghis Khan. Kublai Khan (–d. 1294) conquered China and founded the Yuan, or Mongol, dynasty in China. Ögedei Khan (also Ogotai and Oktay) was born c. 1186 – and died 1241. He was the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire by succeeding his father. He continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was the Great Khan when the Mongol
The caption for this 1910 image reads: “The Mongolian ruler Odogei Khan [third] son of Genghis Khan—miniature from a collection in Paris” The Mongolian general and statesman Kublai Khan (also spelled Khubilai Khan) was the grandson of Genghis Khan. Kublai Khan (–d. 1294) conquered China and founded the Yuan, or Mongol, dynasty in China. Ögedei Khan (also Ogotai and Oktay) was born c. 1186 – and died 1241. He was the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire by succeeding his father. He continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was the Great Khan when the Mongol Empire reached its furthest extent west during the invasion of Europe.
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