#285 - Mongol 11: The Khan Is Dead; Long Live The Khan! (Ögedei Full)

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Genghis Khan is dead, and his 3rd son Ögedei has ben selected to lead the Mongol Empire into an uncertain future. Once he is confirmed on the throne, he'll strike on in every direction against every foe at once. On the way, there will be virgin sacrifices, talking wolves, free money, mass enslavement, Persian princes, Assassins, poison, angry water spirits, battle-mages, cannibalism... and that's just the tip of the iceberg! Time Period Covered: 1227-1234 CE Major Historical Figures: Ogedeids: Ogedei Khaghan Subotai the Valiant General Chormakhan General Dokholkhu Cherbi Minister Yelu Chu Cai Toluids: Tolui Khan Sorkhakhtani Beki Khatun Chagatids: Chagatai Khan Khwarazmia: Jalal al-Din Kingdom of Georgia: Queen Rusudan Jin Dynasty: Emperor Aizong General Wanyan Yi General Cui Li Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.6	Mongol 11. Ogeday Kammeth. In the year of the rat, Chagatai, Batu, and the other princes of the right hand,
1:00.0	Ochiggynoyan, Yugu, Yisunggai, Yisungi, and the other princes of the left hand,
1:06.0	and the Toli and the other princes of the center, together with the princesses, the sons-in-law, and the commanders
1:11.6	of the 10,000 households, assembled in their entirety at Kodeu Arau on the Karalun River.
1:18.3	In accordance with the decree in which Jenghis Kayan had named him, they raised up Ogadeh as
1:22.9	great Khan.
1:24.8	From the secret history of the Mongols, as translated by Ergonga Bonom.
1:28.3	Jingis Khan, the mighty Temajin, great Khan of the steppe, uniter of the Mongols, conqueror
1:37.3	of the earth entire, the punishment and the scourge of God himself, was dead.
1:43.3	He had been, in the language of the ever-death-averse Mongolian writers and storytellers,
1:48.1	carried off to heaven, as though he himself had ascended to godhood in the Chinese year of
1:53.4	the Water Snake, or mid-August of 1227, while on what would be his last campaign against
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