Behter or Bekter (Mongolian: Бэхтэр; died 1176) 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. 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.
Ancestry
See also: Family tree of Genghis Khan| Yesugei Baghatur | Hoelun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgutei | Behter | Jöchi Khasar | Khajiun | Temüge | Temüjin (Genghis Khan) | Börte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jochi | Chagatai | Ögedei | Tolui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- "ДОКУМЕНТЫ->МОНГОЛИЯ->СОКРОВЕННОЕ СКАЗАНИЕ МОНГОЛОВ->ПУБЛИКАЦИЯ С. А. КОЗИНА 1941 Г.->ГЛАВЫ I-III". www.vostlit.info. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- Weatherford, Jack (2004). Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. p. 19.
- The Secret History of the Mongols 75-76, p.22-23. Translated by Francis Woodman Cleaves, 1982.
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