 Ãgedei khan, born Ãgedei (also ogodei, mongolian: á ¦á ­á ¦á ³á ¡á ¢, c. 1186 â 11 december 1241), was the third son of genghis khan and second great khan (khagan) of the mongol empire, succeeding his father. he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun, and was a world figure when the mongol empire reached its farthest extent west and south during the invasions of europe and asia.john joseph saunders the history of the mongol conquests, p.74 like all of genghis' primary sons, he participated extensively in conquests in china, iran, and central asia. he was given the temple name of taizong (tai-tsung; ) later by his nephew kublai khan, who founded the yuan dynasty. ==background== Ãgedei was the third son of genghis khan and bÃ¶rte ujin. he participated in the turbulent events of his father's rise. when he was 17 years old, genghis khan experienced the disastrous defeat of khalakhaljid sands against the army of jamukha. Ãgedei was heavily wounded and lost on the battlefield.secret history of the mongols, $3, ii his father's adopted brother and companion borokhula rescued him. although already married, in 1204 his father gave him tÃ¶regene, the wife of a defeated merkit chief. the addition of such a wife was not uncommon in steppe culture. after genghis was proclaimed emperor or khagan in 1206, myangans (1000's) of the jalayir, besud, suldus, and khongqatan clans were given to him as his appanage. Ãgedei's territory occupied the emil and hobok rivers. according to his father's wish, ilugei, the commander of the jalayir, became Ãgedei's tuto
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