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Also Known As Altan Khan • Anda
Died 1583 • Mongolia
Ögödei
Mongol khan
Möngke
Mongol khan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongol ruler
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan
emperor of Yuan dynasty
Batu
Batu
Mongol ruler
Ligdan
khan of Mongolia
Temür
emperor of Yuan dynasty
Güyük
Mongol emperor
Arigböge
Mongol chief
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
ʿAṭā Malek Joveynī
Persian historian
Tsong-kha-pa
Tibetan lama
Bogd Gegeen Khan
Mongolian head of state
Maḥmūd Ghāzān
Maḥmūd Ghāzān
Mongol ruler of Persia
Arghūn
ruler of Iran
Togon-temür
emperor of Yuan dynasty
Bayan
Mongolian minister
Ulanhu
Chinese politician
Jöchi
Mongol prince
Sühbaatar, Damdiny
Damdiny Sühbaatar
Mongolian leader