Ambaghai

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Ambaghai was born to Sorqaduqtu China, a son of Charaqai Lingqum{{Cite book|last1=Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41120851|title=Rashiduddin Fazlullah's Jamiʻuʼt-tawarikh = Compendium of chronicles|last2=Thackston|first2=W. M|date=1998|publisher=Harvard University, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations|location=Cambridge, Mass.|pages=121–123|language=en|oclc=41120851}} who in turn was son of Khaidu Khan. His father is mentioned as Senggüm Bilge in The Secret History of the Mongols. A member of the cadet branch of Borjigin clan, he was ruler of the Taichuud tribe and later khan of Khamag Mongol. According to Rashidaddin, Ambaghai succeeded Khabul Khan, because he was senior most in the Borjigid line. Toward the end of his rule, he was captured alongside Khabul Khan's son Tödö'en Otchigin by the Tatars when he was on a trip to marry his son Qadaan Taishi to a daughter of the chief of the Airu'ut Tatars. In fact, this was done under the commands of the Jurchen Jin dynasty in response to the Mongols' growing power. He was brought to the Jin capital Zhongdu, crucified, and then hacked to death.Kubilay Atik, [http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12620854/index.pdf DYNASTIC RELATIONS IN EAST ASIA DURING THE 10TH-14TH CENTURIES], p. 177 Sources do not give exact dates of Ambaghai's reign or his death date. According to Chih-Shu Eva Cheng's calculation, he died {{Circa|1156}} at the same time as Marcus, khan of the Naimans and father of Cyriacus. While Christoph Baumer states he reigned through 1146–1156.{{Cite book|last=Baumer|first=Christoph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7eiWDwAAQBAJ|title=The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols|date=2016-05-30|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-83860-939-9|language=en}} He was followed by Hotula Khan, his distant cousin.

His son Qadaan Taishi followed him as de facto chief of Taichuud and joined Hotula Khan on his campaigns against Tatars. But he was poisoned in 1160s, possibly by his brothers and cousins over succession. Qadaan seems to be succeeded by Targutai Kiriltuk - a subsequent rival of Genghis Khan.

In 1211 Genghis Khan instigated the Mongol–Jin War, ending in the fall of the Jin dynasty, in sworn revenge for Ambaghai's kidnapping and execution.

Ambaghai left several sons with his two wives - Orbei and Sokhatai:{{Cite book|last=Waley|first=Arthur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIz5vdjhAvUC|title=The Secret History of the Mongols: And Other Pieces|date=2013-05-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-74824-0|pages=225|language=en}}

1. Adal Khan
2. Targutai Kiriltuk (d. 1201) — chief of Taichuuds and a rival of Genghis Khan.
3. Au'chu Baghatur
4. Qadaan Taishi
5. Quril Baghatur
6. Töda'a — one of the sub-chiefs of Taichuuds during reign of Genghis Khan.
7. Qodun Orchang
8. Bakhachi
9. Udor Bayan

• Family tree of Genghis Khan

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