father predecessor successor mother death_date religion title birth_date image article_title name reign
tolui khan möngke khan kublai khan sorghaghtani beki 1266 tengrism khagan the empire 's division -rrb- of the mongol empire -lrb- nominal due to c. 1219 ariq böke.jpg ariq böke
 ariq böke 11 august 1259 -- 21 august 1264
ariq böke

ariq böke -lrb- after 1219 -- 1266 -rrb- , the components of his name also spelled arigh , arik and bukha , buka -lrb- ; chinese : 阿里不哥 -rrb- , was the seventh and youngest son of tolui -lrb- 1192 -- 1232 -rrb- , a son 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 -lrb- more commonly known as kublai khan -rrb- and hulagu -lrb- more commonly known as hulagu khan -rrb- were absent from mongolia homeland .
when kublai returned for an election in 1260 , rival factions could not agree , and elected simultaneous 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 brother kublai khan was supported by the senior princes of north china and manchuria .
