Behter

{{short description|Half-brother of Genghis Khan}}

Behter or Bekter ({{langx|mn|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.{{Cite web|title=ДОКУМЕНТЫ->МОНГОЛИЯ->СОКРОВЕННОЕ СКАЗАНИЕ МОНГОЛОВ->ПУБЛИКАЦИЯ С. А. КОЗИНА 1941 Г.->ГЛАВЫ I-III|url=http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/rus10/Sokr_skaz/text1.phtml?id=4413|access-date=2020-12-05|website=www.vostlit.info}}{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Jack |title=Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World |year=2004 |pages=19}} 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.The Secret History of the Mongols 75-76, p.22-23. Translated by Francis Woodman Cleaves, 1982.