Tuda Mengu, also known as Tode Mongke, Tudamongke ( mn, Тодмөнх/Todmönkh or Tudamönkh, lit=Eternal Brightness), was khan of the
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragme ...
, division of the
Mongol Empire from 1280 to 1287.
Biography
Tode Mongke was the son of
Toqoqan
Toqoqan was a member of the ruling family of the Mongol Empire. He was a son of the Khan of the Golden Horde, Batu. Through his father, he was also a great-grandson of the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan. Though Toqoqan never reigned himself, many su ...
(grandson of
Batu Khan
Batu Khan ( – 1255),, ''Bat haan'', tt-Cyrl, Бату хан; ; russian: хан Баты́й was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis Kh ...
) and younger full-brother of
Mongke Temur. A pious khan, he converted to
Islam in 1283. Due to his deep religion, Tudamongke was not aggressive to expand his territory. However, he did keep good contact with
Mamluk Sultanate
The Mamluk Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة المماليك, translit=Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz (western Arabia) from the mid-13th to early 16t ...
in Egypt against Ilkhanate who was faithless enemy of both states. Rashid Ad-din wrote that he was willing to keep good relations with
Kublai khan and released his son Nomoghan to Yuan Court. During his government the influence of
Nogai Khan greatly increased in the Golden Horde, and there was a second attack against Hungary in 1284/1285, which was a total disaster for his army. He abdicated in favor to his nephew
Tole Buqa in 1287.
Family
He had two wives and several concubines:
# Ariqachi Khatun (from
Khongirad tribe)
#* Or-Menggü
# Töre Qutluq Khatun (from Alchi-Tatar tribe)
#* Chechektü
# Unknown concubine
#* Töbetei
See also
*
List of Khans of the Golden Horde
*
Mengü
References
Further reading
*
David Morgan, ''The Mongols''
1280s deaths
Khans of the Golden Horde
Mongol Empire Muslims
Converts to Islam
Year of death missing
13th-century monarchs in Europe
Year of birth unknown
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