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Batu Khan

American  
[bah-too kahn] / ˈbɑ tu ˈkɑn /

noun

  1. died 1255, Mongol conqueror: leader of the Golden Horde (grandson of Genghis Khan).


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They rode under the leadership of Batu Khan, Genghis’s grandson.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Batu Khan, Mongol ruler of the Western conquests of his grandfather, Genghis Khan, from 1224 to 1255.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

Botoshani owes its name to a Tatar chief, Batus or Batu Khan, grandson of Jenghiz Khan, who occupied the country in the 13th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Batu Khan presented one of Libor's horses—a lame one—to Bajdár; and the rest of the ex-favourite's very considerable property he kept for himself.

From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by J?sika, Mikl?s

Your Majesty, we are both Russian dukes, and have been driven from the broad lands of our ancestors, by Batu Khan, one of Oktai's chiefs.

From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by J?sika, Mikl?s