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Sorghaghtani Beki

1190 - 1252

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Sorghaghtani Beki (Mongolian: Сорхагтани Бэхи/ ᠰᠤᠷᠬᠠᠭᠲᠠᠨᠢ ᠪᠡᠬᠢ; Chinese: 唆魯禾帖尼) or Bekhi (Bek(h)i is a title), also written Sorkaktani, Sorkhokhtani, Sorkhogtani, Siyurkuktiti (c. 1190 – 1 March 1252), posthumous name Empress Xianyi Zhuangsheng (Chinese: 顯懿莊聖皇后; pinyin: Xiǎnyì Zhuāngshèng Huánghòu and Persian: سرقویتی بیگی, Sorghoiti Bigi), was a Keraite princess and daughter-in-law of Genghis Khan. Married to Tolui, Genghis' youngest son, Sorghaghtani became one of the most powerful and competent people in the Mongol Empire. She made policy decisions at a pivotal moment that led to the transition of the Mongol Empire towards a more cosmopolitan and sophisticated style of administration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sorghaghtani Beki has received more than 453,833 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sorghaghtani Beki is the 168th most popular nobleman (up from 175th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Mongolia (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Mongolian Nobleman.

Sorghaghtani Beki is most famous for being the mother of Mahmud of Ghazni, the ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire.

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  • 450k

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  • 68.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 168 out of 1,415. Before her are Avidius Cassius, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia. After her are Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Eleonora Gonzaga, Maximilian Sforza, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, and Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1190, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 2. Before her is Pope Clement IV. After her are Sundiata Keita, Vincent of Beauvais, Jordan of Saxony, Theodora Angelina, Ibn Abi'l-Hadid, Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress, Władysław Odonic, Andronikos Palaiologos, Henry II, Count of Bar, and Agafia of Rus. Among people deceased in 1252, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 5. Before her are Blanche of Castile, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Abel, King of Denmark, and Ferdinand III of Castile. After her are Peter of Verona, Isabella, Queen of Armenia, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Rose of Viterbo, Bohemond V of Antioch, Qara Hülegü, and Zdislava Berka.

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In Mongolia

Among people born in Mongolia, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 17 out of 71. Before her are Ariq Böke (1219), Abaqa Khan (1234), Jebe (1137), Toghrul (1130), Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893), and Altan Khan (1507). After her are Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal (1916), Baydu (1300), Muqali (1170), Esen Taishi (1407), Dayan Khan (1464), and Ligdan Khan (1558).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Mongolia

Among noblemen born in Mongolia, Sorghaghtani Beki ranks 1. 

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