# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/batu-khan
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:04:08.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/batu-khan"
name: "Batu Khan"
slug: "batu-khan"
description: "Grandson of Genghis Khan who carved out his own empire in the west. He founded the Golden Horde and brought the Kievan Rus', the Caucasus, and the steppe under Mongol rule for two and a half centuries."
tagline: "Khan of the Golden Horde"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Batu_Khan_on_the_Throne_by_Rashid_al-Din_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1205"
deathDate: "1255"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           65
  momentum:             18.00439870528675
  historical:           23.292252
  currentAttention:     6.75
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
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    title: "باتو خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Batú Kan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باتوخان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Батый"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бату хан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "বাতু খান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Batu Kan"
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    title: "Batı Han"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1t%C3%BA"
    title: "Bátú"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Батый"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Khan"
    title: "Batu Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Khan"
    title: "Batu Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D_%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BD"
    title: "Μπατού Χαν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Batu Ĥano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%C3%BA_Kan"
    title: "Batú Kan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Batu-khaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باتوخان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu-kaani"
    title: "Batu-kaani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu"
    title: "Batu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batoe_Khan"
    title: "Batoe Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باتو خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 1205, Batu was the son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. After his grandfather's death, he established the Golden Horde as part of the fractured Mongol Empire. His ulus imposed control over Kievan Rus', Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, and the Caucasus. That dominion held for roughly 250 years. He died in 1255.