Behter

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. 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.

Ancestry

Yesugei BaghaturHoelun
BelguteiBehterJöchi KhasarKhajiunTemügeTemüjin (Genghis Khan)Börte
JochiChagataiÖgedeiTolui

References


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