Behter
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Behter or Bekter (Mongolian: Бэхтэр; died 1180) was the son of Yesugei, chief of the Khamag Mongol, and a junior wife named Sochigel or Suchigu in some sources and Ko'agjin in others. He was also a half-brother of Genghis Khan, then known as Temujin. On the death of Yesugei, Temujin, his mother Hoelun, his siblings and two half-brothers (including Behter, Belgutei and their mother Sochigel) were abandoned by their tribe and left to fend for themselves.[1][2] Living off the land, they managed to survive. However, the older half-brothers deprived 14-year-old Temujin and his brother Qasar of their spoils. Temujin and Qasar stalked and killed Behter, for which they were scolded by their mother Hoelun.[3]
Ancestry
[edit | edit source]| Yesugei Baghatur | Hoelun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgutei | Behter | Jöchi Khasar | Khajiun | Temüge | Temüjin (Genghis Khan) | Börte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jochi | Chagatai | Ögedei | Tolui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
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- ^ The Secret History of the Mongols 75-76, p.22-23. Translated by Francis Woodman Cleaves, 1982.
