1. Talabuga was the son of Tartu, great-grandson of Batu Khan, and great-great-great-grandson of Genghis Khan.
22 Facts About Talabuga
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Nogai had devised a plan for the second Mongol invasion of Hungary, and in 1285 Talabuga joined him for this raid.
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The advance of Talabuga's forces was severely hampered by the heavy snows of the Carpathians, which resulted in the loss of horses, food and supplies, causing many thousands of Talabuga's men to die.
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Talabuga then ordered his starving forces to attack the cities of the Kingdom of Ruthenia, then ruled by King Leo I of Galicia.
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In 1287, Talabuga became the Khan of the Ulus of Jochi.
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Polo indicates that Talabuga did so with the support of Nogai.
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The account of Rashid al-Din however implies that Talabuga deposed of Tode-Mongke without assistance or support from Nogai.
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Talabuga Khan was, in a sense, the rightful heir to the throne, as he represented the senior branch of the family of his great-grandfather Batu Khan, the founder of the Golden Horde.
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Talabuga Khan ordered the princes of the western Rus principalities to join him in the invasion with their armies personally.
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Talabuga Khan gathered his troops near Volodymyr in the recently plundered Volhynia.
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Talabuga Khan left a detachment of Tatar warriors in Volhynia to guard his rear against any vengeful Rus forces or hostile Lithuanians.
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Talabuga's army had initial success: the "invaders advanced among smoking churches and monasteries through the districts of Lublin" and Masovia, though they notably did not attempt to take the keep at Lublin, probably to maintain the momentum of their initial advance.
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Talabuga took his Mongol army on a raid through the countryside, sending out small raiding parties to capture more slaves and loot.
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Talabuga then called his raiding parties back to his main force to try to consolidate the booty they had taken in the short time they had been raiding.
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Talabuga found that 12,500 of his men and women had been killed in battle or taken captive by the Mongols.
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In 1290, Talabuga Khan ordered Nogai to join his forces in a great raid, and attacked the Kingdom of Zichia.
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Talabuga Khan blamed Nogai, and a rift grew between the two men.
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Nogai, who by 1291 was a cunning, experienced general and politician, pretended not to know how Talabuga Khan had come to hate him.
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Talabuga in turn wrote to her son to trust Nogai, who had feigned serious illness.
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In light of this, Talabuga Khan agreed to make amends with his former friend.
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Talabuga arrived at the rendezvous point with only a small entourage, including Alguy, Toghrul, Bulakhan, Kadan, and Kutugan.
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Talabuga Khan was then strangled by several of Nogai's men to avoid shedding his blood, as was the Mongol custom of killing royalty.