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1191:(1229–36)
1181:Chechnya
1121:(1300–02)
1085:Southeast
1064:(1253–56)
1046:(1235–79)
1038:(1231–60)
1030:(1211–34)
983:(1216–18)
971:Sakhalin
931:Campaigns
881:Saray-Jük
871:Samarkand
846:Karakorum
805:Ilkhanate
563:Political
412:25 August
112:Tokharian
65:), was a
59:Hungarian
39:Mongolian
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1622:Khubilai
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1328:Baghdad
1277:Hungary
1221:Hungary
1164:Georgia
1111:Vietnam
963:Siberia
861:Maragheh
761:Khanates
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108:borrowed
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1320:Alamut
1293:Serbia
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1269:Thrace
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1197:Alania
1062:Yunnan
997:Persia
955:Central
934:Battles
841:Bolghar
836:Bukhara
821:Almalik
623:Kheshig
551:Tarkhan
237:Xiongnu
235:of the
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1561:Arghun
1551:Hulegu
1441:Tolui
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1378:(1262)
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1247:(1242)
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1546:Kebek
1526:Toqta
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