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Möngke Khan
Мөнх хаан
Two travelers wrote about Möngke Khan between 1245 and 1255. Here is what each of them saw, in the order they were there.
- 1245–1247
The Voyage of John of Plano Carpini
Möngke — here a young Mongol prince among the great dukes, son of Tolui and of the powerful Christian lady Sorghaghtani ('Seroctan'). A few years after Carpini left he would become the fourth Great Khan, the one Rubruck later met at Karakorum.
…The mother of Mengu was Seroctan, the greatest lady among the Tartars, and the most honoured except the…Listen from here · chapter 14, 0:42The sons of the son of Zingis whose name I could not learn, are Mengu, Bithat, and several others.…Listen from here · chapter 14, 0:42 - 1253–1255
The Journal of William of Rubruck
Möngke Khan, grandson of Genghis and the fourth Great Khan (reigned 1251–1259), who received Rubruck at Karakorum and staged the famous interfaith debate between Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists at his court.
…in which a grown up person lies dead, must not enter the house of Mangu-khan during a whole year; if the dead person is a child, he is only debarred for one lunation.Listen from here · chapter 12, 1:11…I first bowed down before the altar, and then made an obeisance to Mangu-khan, who caused our books to be brought to him, and enquired the signification of the images…Listen from here · chapter 36, 4:22
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