MÖNGKE KHAN. - Emperor of the Tartars from 1251 to 1256. After the death of Güyük in 1248, the Tartar princes elected M. as great khan (hān) in 1521, and he continued the traditions of his grandfather Genghis Khan.

Aided by his brothers Qubilai and Hülegü, he extended the Tartar Empire with bloody wars into the interior of China and into Persia. Toward the various religions in his Empire he was tolerant. On 27 Dec. 1253 he received in audience the Franciscan William of Rubruck, allowing him to remain for some time at court. In July 1254 Rubruck set out on the return journey. M. died in 1256, having designated as his successor his younger brother Ariq Böke. His elder brother Qubilai rose up against the latter, having himself elected great khan of the Tartars in 1260.

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BIBL.: A. Van den Wynagert, Sinica Pranciscana, I. Quarachi 1920, pp. XLVIII-XLIX; G. de Rubruk, Itinerarium, ibid., pp. 244-312; G. Soranzo, Il Papato, l'Europa cristiana e i Tartari, Milano 1920, pp. 135-72.

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Möngke Khan

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