Polity Ariq Böke

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Ariq Böke, a grandson of Genghis Khan, 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, starting the Toluid Civil War in the Mongol Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1261: Kublai Khan, a Mongolian emperor and founder of the Yuan dynasty, was campaigning against the Song dynasty in 1260 when he learned that his brother, Ariq Böke, was challenging him for the throne. This sparked a civil war known as the Toluid Civil War for the Mongol Empire.

Chronology

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1. Mongol Civil Wars

Were a series of wars between the successor states of the Mongol Empire.

1.1. Toluid Civil War

Was a war of succession over the Mongol Empire fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264.

  • January 1262: Chagatai ruler Alghu defeated Ariq Böke's commander Khara Bukha at the Ili River in Xinjiang, but lost his headquarters in Almalikh to Ariq Böke.
  • August 1264: Ariq Böke surrendered to Yuan ruler Kublai Khan in Shangdu.

1.1.1. Division of the Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire fragmented into four successor states at the beginning of the Toluid Civil War.

  • January 1261: Kublai Khan, a Mongolian emperor and founder of the Yuan dynasty, was campaigning against the Song dynasty in 1260 when he learned that his brother, Ariq Böke, was challenging him for the throne. This sparked a civil war known as the Toluid Civil War for the Mongol Empire.

Disestablishment

  • August 1264: Ariq Böke surrendered to Yuan ruler Kublai Khan in Shangdu.