Ariq Böke

Ariq Böke

Ariq Böke (after 1219–1266), the components of his name also spelled Arigh, Arik and Bukha, Buka (Mongolian: Аригбөх, romanized: Arigböh, [ˈæɾɘ̆ɡb̥ə̹x]; Chinese: 阿里不哥), was the seventh and youngest son of Tolui and a grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of his brother the Great Khan Möngke, Ariq Böke claimed the title of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and briefly took power while his brothers Kublai and Hulagu were absent from the Mongolian Plateau. When Kublai returned for an election in 1260, rival factions could not agree, and elected both claimants, Kublai and Ariq Böke, to the throne, resulting in the Toluid Civil War that fragmented the Mongol Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ariq Böke has received more than 644,158 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ariq Böke is the 1,067th most popular politician (up from 1,229th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Mongolia (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Mongolian Politician.

Ariq Böke was most famous for being the son of Genghis Khan and the brother of Kublai Khan. He attempted to take over control of the Mongol empire from his brother, Kublai Khan, but was unsuccessful.