Ariq Böke
13th-century Mongolian monarch
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Genghis Khan's grandson who sparked a civil war by insisting he was the rightful Great Khan in 1260—while his brother Kublai had other ideas. The Toluid Civil War fragmented the Mongol Empire and made everyone very upset about succession.
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Ariq Böke was the seventh and youngest son of Tolui and a grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of his brother the Great Khan Möngke, Ariq Böke claimed the title of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and briefly took power while his brothers Kublai and Hulagu were absent from the Mongolian Plateau. When Kublai returned for an election in 1260, rival factions could not agree, and elected both claimants, Kublai and Ariq Böke, to the throne, resulting in the Toluid Civil War that fragmented the Mongol Empire. Ariq Böke was supported by the traditionalists of the Mongol Empire, while his brot…
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