History of batu khan
Batu khan meme!
Batu
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History of batu khan
1206–1255), Mongol prince, the second son of Genghis Khan's eldest son Jochi.
Batu commanded the army that conquered the northeastern Rus principalities (1237–1238) and subsequently that conquered the southern Rus principalities and invaded eastern Europe (1240–1241).
Batu was the first khan to rule in the Khanate of Qipchaq (Ulus of Jochi; desht-i-Qipchaq), which he is credited with having founded. His father, Jochi, to whom the lands had been granted "as far as Mongol hooves trod" in the western part of the Mongol Empire (i.e., west of the Irtysh River), died before ruling there.
Batu is also credited with building the city of Sarai (Old Sarai, Sarai-Batu) on the Akhtuba channel of the lower Volga River.
Batu was present at the quriltai (assembly) that chose Ögödei as qaghan (grand khan) in 1229 and most likely also at the quriltai of 1234, which planned the campaign against the Qipchaqs, as well as the quriltai of 1237, which planned