Early years. Kublai Khan was the fourth son of Tolui, and his second son with Sorghaghtani Beki.As his grandfather Genghis Khan advised, Sorghaghtani chose a Buddhist Tangut woman as her son's nurse, whom Kublai later honored highly. On his way home after the Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia, Genghis Khan performed a ceremony on his grandsons Möngke and Kublai after …

After Kublai Khan died in 1294, Kublai's old officials urged the court to summon a kurultai in Shangdu. Because Zhenjin's second son Darmabala had already died in 1292, only his two sons, Gammala and Temür, were left to succeed. It was proposed that they hold a competition over who had better knowledge of Genghis Khan's sayings.

Djengis Khan eller Dsjengis-khan (mongolsk: Чингис хаан, Çingis hán, uttalt [ʧiŋgɪs χaːŋ]), ... Sønnesønnen Kublai-Khan, hadde 22 ektefødte sønner og hentet angivelig 30 jomfruer til haremet sitt årlig.. Den enorme mengden etterkommere Khan etterlot seg, ...