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Möngke Khan

1209 - 1259

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Möngke Khan (also Möngke Khagan or Möngke; 11 January 1209 – 11 August 1259) was the fourth khagan of the Mongol Empire, ruling from 1 July 1251 to 11 August 1259. He was the first Khagan from the Toluid line, and made significant reforms to improve the administration of the Empire during his reign. Under Möngke, the Mongols conquered Iraq and Syria as well as the kingdom of Dali (modern Yunnan). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Möngke Khan is the 238th most popular politician (up from 1,151st in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Möngke Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan and the second son of Ögedei Khan. He is famous for being the first Mongol emperor to convert to Islam.

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Among politicians, Möngke Khan ranks 238 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacques Chirac, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Sonia Gandhi, George H. W. Bush, Hosni Mubarak, and Abdul Hamid II. After him are Henry III of France, Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Clovis I, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis IX of France, and Yuri Andropov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1209, Möngke Khan ranks 1. After him are Berke, Richard of Cornwall, Sancho II of Portugal, Haji Bektash Veli, and Valdemar the Young. Among people deceased in 1259, Möngke Khan ranks 1. After him are Christopher I of Denmark, Gojong of Goryeo, Henry of Latvia, Al-Mansur Ali, Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne, Thomas, Count of Flanders, Matthew Paris, and Ezzelino III da Romano.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Möngke Khan ranks 8 out of 384. Before him are Abraham (-1813), Hammurabi (-1810), Saddam Hussein (1937), Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Abu Hanifa (698), and Ibn al-Haytham (965). After him are Al-Kindi (801), Ashurbanipal (-685), Sarah (-1803), Rabia of Basra (710), Al-Masudi (896), and Sargon of Akkad (-2300).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Möngke Khan ranks 5. Before him are Saladin (1138), Hammurabi (-1810), Saddam Hussein (1937), and Nebuchadnezzar II (-630). After him are Ashurbanipal (-685), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Nur ad-Din (1116), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Al-Ma'mun (786), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), and Sennacherib (-740).

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