Büri

Buri was a son of Mutugen and a grandson of Chagatai khan. His name Buri means Wolf. According to Rashid Ad-din, Buri's mother was a wife of Chagatai khan's one official. She was a beauty and Mutuken was attracted by her while she was serving in Khan's ger. Mutuken made her pregnant. Instead of marrying with her, Mutuken took her baby. That baby was Buri.

Mutuken killed during the siege of Bamiyan. Chagatai bring his son up because Mutugen was his favorite son.

Buri loved drinking and was a hothead. He humiliated Batu with Guyuk (future Great khan) during the campaign of Russia. Both of them recalled by Great khan Ogodei and Buri was sent to his grandfather Chagatai as soon as Batu complained about them to his uncle. After a year stay in Mongolia, he returned to Batu to participate the invasion of Europe.

He had German miners and teutons worked in Zungaria [Giovanni Di Plano Carpini-Story of the Mongols Whom We Call the Tartars] . They were captives of the Battle of Legnica [Jack Weatherford - Genghis khan and the making of the modern world] .

After Guyuk's death in 1248, he was sided with a regent Oghul Qaimish khatun. Batu and Mongke had Buri murdered by a Golden Horde general who disliked Buri in 1252.

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*Rene Grousset - "Empire of Steppes"

*Giovanni Di Plano Carpini - Story of the Mongols Whom We Call the Tartars (Translated by Erik Hildinger) ISBN 0828320179

*Рашид Ад-дин - "Судрын чуулган 2-р боть"

*Jack Weatherford - Genghis khan and the making of the modern world, Random House Inc, ISBN 0609809644

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