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Sorghaghtani Beki

1190 - 1252

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Sorghaghtani Beki (Mongolian: Сорхагтани Бэхи/ ᠰᠤᠷᠬᠠᠭᠲᠠᠨᠢ ᠪᠡᠬᠢ; Chinese: 唆魯禾帖尼) or Bekhi (Bek(h)i is a title), also written Sorkaktani, Sorkhokhtani, Sorkhogtani, Siyurkuktiti (c. 1190 – 1 March 1252), posthumous name Empress Xianyi Zhuangsheng (Chinese: 顯懿莊聖皇后; pinyin: Xiǎnyì Zhuāngshèng Huánghòu and Persian: سرقویتی بیگی, Sorghoiti Bigi), was a Keraite princess and daughter-in-law of Genghis Khan. Married to Tolui, Genghis' youngest son, Sorghaghtani became one of the most powerful and competent people in the Mongol Empire. She made policy decisions at a pivotal moment that led to the transition of the Mongol Empire towards a more cosmopolitan and sophisticated style of administration. She raised her sons to be leaders and maneuvered the family politics so that all four of her sons, Möngke Khan, Hulagu Khan, Ariq Böke, and Kublai Khan, went on to inherit the legacy of their grandfather. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sorghaghtani Beki is the 165th most popular nobleman (up from 168th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Mongolia (up from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Mongolian Nobleman.

Sorghaghtani Beki is most famous for being the mother of Mahmud of Ghazni, the ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 165 out of 1,415. Before her are Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Pyotr Wrangel, Béla II of Hungary, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, and Carlota Joaquina of Spain. After her are Odo of France, Henry II of Jerusalem, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1190, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 2. Before her is Pope Clement IV. After her are Sundiata Keita, Vincent of Beauvais, Theodora Angelina, Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress, Jordan of Saxony, Andronikos Palaiologos, Władysław Odonic, Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, Agafia of Rus, and Henry II, Count of Bar. Among people deceased in 1252, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 5. Before her are Abel, King of Denmark, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Blanche of Castile, and Ferdinand III of Castile. After her are Isabella, Queen of Armenia, Peter of Verona, Qara Hülegü, Rose of Viterbo, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Henry I, Count of Anhalt, and Bohemond V of Antioch.

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In Mongolia

Among people born in Mongolia, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 15 out of 71. Before her are Berke (1209), Börte (1161), Ariq Böke (1219), Abaqa Khan (1234), Toghrul (1130), and Jebe (1137). After her are Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893), Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (1942), Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (1916), Dayan Khan (1464), Muqali (1170), and Baydu (1300).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Mongolia

Among noblemen born in Mongolia, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 1. 

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