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- Born
- March 8, 1158
- Died
- 1180
- Citizenship
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17 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
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4 identifiers linking Behter across the web's reference databases
17 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
4 identifiers linking Behter across the web's reference databases
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Behter or Bekter was the son of the Mongol chieftain Yesugei 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 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.