The Mongol Empire

~1206 – 1294

Genghis Khan, his family, generals, and rivals — the steppe conquerors who built history's largest contiguous land empire.

11 figures · sorted by birth year

Jebe

notable

#401 · 4-5-26

ESTP

The archer who shot Genghis Khan's horse, confessed it to his face, and was raised to general — the audacious ESTP of the great raid

Subutai

notable

#400 · 4-5-26

INTJ

The blacksmith's son who became history's deadliest field commander — the cold INTJ strategist who conquered from behind the map

Toghrul

notable

#399 · 4-5-26

ISTJ

The Ong Khan — the cautious ISTJ patron whose jealousy turned him against the protégé Temüjin he had raised, destroying the old order

Jamukha

notable

#398 · 4-5-26

ENTP

The anda who became Genghis Khan's greatest rival — the charismatic ENTP who matched the conqueror in brilliance but never in patience

Tolui

notable

#397 · 4-5-26

ESTP

The ESTP youngest son of Genghis Khan who sacked Khorasan, broke the Jin, and fathered the line that would rule the world

Ögedei

notable

#396 · 4-5-26

ESFP

Genghis Khan's genial third son and second Great Khan, who held the Mongol Empire together with an open hand and a full cup — an ESFP

Chagatai

notable

#395 · 4-5-26

ESTJ

The rigid second son of Genghis Khan who guarded the Yassa law and broke his own brother on it — an ESTJ disciplinarian

Jochi

notable

#394 · 4-5-26

ISFP

Eldest son of Genghis Khan, disqualified by a doubt over his birth — the wounded, withdrawn ISFP who fathered the Golden Horde

Börte

notable

#393 · 4-5-26

ISFJ

The steady ISFJ wife and trusted counsel of Genghis Khan, who anchored the Khan and mothered the khans who inherited the world

Hoelun

notable

#392 · 4-5-26

ESTJ

The mother who would not let the future of the world starve — the ESTJ matriarch and iron will at the root of Genghis Khan's empire

Genghis Khan

iconic

#391 · 4-5-26

ENTJ

From a boy abandoned to starve on the steppe to founder of the largest land empire in history — the ENTJ commander-organizer

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