Batu Khan

Mongol ruler and founder of the Ulus of Jochi (or Golden Horde)

1207 CE to 1255 CE

Batu Khan (c. 1207–1255) is a Mongol ruler and founder of the Ulus of Jochi (or Golden Horde), the sub-khanate of the Mongol Empire.

Batu is a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan.

His ulus is the chief state of the Golden Horde (or Kipchak Khanate), which rules Rus, Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, and the Caucasus for around 250 years, after also destroying the armies of Poland and Hungary.

"Batu" or "Bat" literally means "firm" in the Mongolian language.

After the deaths of Genghis Khan's sons, he becomes the most respected prince, called agha (elder brother), in the Mongol Empire.

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