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Ariq Böke, commander of the Mongol homelands,…
Ariq Böke, commander of the Mongol homelands, had decided to attempt to make himself Khan, as his older brother Kublai was campaigning against Song China at the time of Möngke's death.
Kublai continues his attack on Wu-han, but soon receives news that his younger brother has held a kurultai at the Mongolian imperial capital of Karakorum and has been pronounced Great Khan.
Most of Genghis Khan's descendants favor Ariq Böke as Great Khan; however, his two brothers Kublai and Hulagu are in opposition.
Kublai quickly reaches a peace agreement with Song troops and returns north to …
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The Far East
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East Asia
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