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Berke

1209 - 1266

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Berke Khan (died 1266; also Birkai; Turki/Kypchak: برکه خان‎, Mongolian: Бэрх хан, Tatar: Бәркә хан) was a grandson of Genghis Khan from his son Jochi and a Mongol military commander and ruler of the Golden Horde (division of the Mongol Empire) who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Horde from 1257 to 1266. He succeeded his brother Batu Khan of the Blue Horde (West), and was responsible for the first official establishment of Islam in a khanate of the Mongol Empire. Following the Sack of Baghdad by Hulagu Khan, his cousin and head of the Mongol Ilkhanate based in Persia, he allied with the Egyptian Mamluks against Hulagu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Berke has received more than 973,047 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Berke is the 1,008th most popular politician (up from 1,321st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Mongolia (up from 10th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Mongolian Politician.

Berke is most famous for being a city in Turkey.

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  • 69.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Berke ranks 1,008 out of 15,577. Before him are John II of Portugal, Ælfweard of Wessex, Empress Gi, Clara Petacci, Jorge Rafael Videla, and Haakon VII of Norway. After him are Tokhtamysh, Jiaqing Emperor, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Mary, Queen of Hungary, Oruç Reis, and Gratian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1209, Berke ranks 1. After him are Möngke Khan, Sancho II of Portugal, Richard of Cornwall, Haji Bektash Veli, and Valdemar the Young. Among people deceased in 1266, Berke ranks 1. After him are Ariq Böke, Manfred, King of Sicily, Birger Jarl, Shiban, John I, Margrave of Brandenburg, Alghu, Andronikos II of Trebizond, Henry III the White, and Odo, Count of Nevers.

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In Mongolia

Among people born in Mongolia, Berke ranks 9 out of 63. Before him are Batu Khan (1207), Tolui (1191), Jochi (1181), Börte (1161), Subutai (1175), and Modu Chanyu (-234). After him are Ariq Böke (1219), Abaqa Khan (1234), Jebe (1137), Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893), Toghrul (1130), and Sorghaghtani Beki (1190).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mongolia

Among politicians born in Mongolia, Berke ranks 6. Before him are Hulagu Khan (1217), Batu Khan (1207), Tolui (1191), Börte (1161), and Modu Chanyu (-234). After him are Ariq Böke (1219), Abaqa Khan (1234), Jebe (1137), Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893), Toghrul (1130), and Altan Khan (1507).

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