Khochu

Khochu, died in 1240 during the campaign in Song China.

Conflict with the Song China

In a series of razzias from 1235 to 1245, the Mongols commanded by Ögedei's sons penetrated deep into the Song Dynasty and reached Chengdu, Xiangyang and Yangtze River. But they could not succeed in completing their conquest due to climate and number of the Song troops, and Ögedei's son Khochu died in the process. In 1240, Ögedei's other son Khuden dispatched a subsidiary expedition to Tibet. The situation between the two nations worsened when the Song officers murdered Ögedei's envoys headed by Selmus.<ref>Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett, John King Fairbank The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, p.263</ref>

The Mongol expansion throughout the Asian continent under the leadership of Ögedei helped bring political stability and re-establish the Silk Road, the primary trading route between East and West.

Children of Ogedai Khan

Ögedei had many khatuns and concubines. Ögedei married first Borakchin and then Töregene. Other wives included Mukha and Jachin.

He had 7 sons:

• Güyük, the 3rd Great Khan of the Mongols
• Koden, the first Buddhist Mongol prince
• Khochu, died during the campaign in Song China.
• Khorachar
• Khashi, the father of Kaidu
• Kadan
• Melig

Memorial

Mongolian Airlines named its Boeing 737-800 EI-CSG Ogoodei Khan.

See also

• House of Ögedei

References

Sources

• Amitai-Preiss, Reuven, The Mamluk-Ilkhanid War, 1998
• Chambers, James, The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe
• Hildinger, Erik, Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 B.C. to A.D. 1700
• Morgan, David, The Mongols, ISBN 0-631-17563-6
• Nicolle, David, The Mongol Warlords Brockhampton Press, 1998
• Reagan, Geoffry, The Guinness Book of Decisive Battles, Canopy Books, New York (1992)
• Saunders, J.J., The History of the Mongol Conquests, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1971, ISBN 0-8122-1766-7
• Sicker, Martin, The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna, Praeger Publishers, 2000
• Soucek, Svatopluk, A History of Inner Asia, Cambridge, 2000

External links

• Medieval History: Mongol Invasion of Europe
• The Islamic World to 1600: The Golden Horde