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BERKE KHAN. AH 655 – 665 / 1257 – 1266.
Berke Khan (بركة خان‎‎, also Birkai; Mongolian: Бэрх хаан) was the ruler of the Ulus of Jochi (or Golden Horde) who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Hordes from 1257 to 1266. He succeeded his brother Batu Khan of the Blue Horde (West) and was responsible for the first official establishment of Islam in a state of the Mongol Empire. He allied with the Egyptian Mamlukes against another Mongol state, the Ilkhanate.
Berke was one of the sons of Jochi, the eldest son of Genghis Khan, and Sultan Khatun. Berke was present, with several of his brothers, at the inauguration of his uncle Ogedei as Great Khan in 1229.
In 1236, Berke joined his brothers Orda, Sinkur, and Siban and an assortment of cousins under the leadership of Batu Khan. The vast army, comprising some 150,000 soldiers, marched from Siberia and into the territory of the Muslim Volga Bulgars and Kipchaks, whom they subdued. Batu and Subotai sent Berke to the country north of the Caucasus to conquer the Kipchaks there. Next they devastated the principalities of Ryazan and Suzdal in 1237, and marched further into Russia. During the winter of 1238 – 1239, Berke defeated the Kipchaks and imprisoned the chief of the Merkits. He afterwards subdued the steppe watered by the Kuma and the Terek.
Berke further served under his brother during the invasion of Europe, fighting at the Battle of the Mohi, where the Hungarian army was decimated. When Ögedei Khan died, and all the princes of the blood were summoned to return to Mongolia to select a Great Khan, Berke and his brothers joined Batu in his bid for power. When that failed, the Kipchak Khanate settled into Russia, and looked east to defend themselves against their cousins.

27.06.2010.

Click to enlarge!	Denomination: Anonymous Fals Year: – Material: Copper Description: AH 655 – 665 / 1257 – 1266. Obverse: In the center of the circle there is legend: 'Nusrat ad-Dunia v ad-Din' ('Defender of Peace and Faith'). Reverse: In the center of the circle there is Tamgha of Batu in the form of a stirrup. On both sides of tamgha there is legend: 'Qrim Mint' ('Mint' – to the right, 'Qrim' – to the left, variant 1). Diameter – 19.5 mm, weight – 1.80 g. Country or town: Qrim Mint
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: Anonymous Fals Year: – Material: Copper Description: AH 655 – 665 / 1257 – 1266. Obverse: In the center of the circle there is legend: 'Nusrat ad-Dunia v ad-Din' ('Defender of Peace and Faith'). Reverse: In the center of the circle there is Tamgha of Batu in the form of a stirrup. On both sides of tamgha there is legend: 'Qrim Mint' ('Mint' – to the right, 'Qrim' – to the left, variant 1). Diameter – 18 mm, weight – 1.51 g. Country or town: Qrim Mint
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: Anonymous Fals Year: – Material: Copper Description: AH 655 – 665 / 1257 – 1266. Obverse: In the center of the circle there is legend: 'Nusrat ad-Dunia v ad-Din' ('Defender of Peace and Faith'). Reverse: In the center of the circle there is Tamgha of Batu in the form of a stirrup. On both sides of tamgha there is legend: 'Qrim Mint' ('Mint' – to the right, 'Qrim' – to the left, variant 1a). Before word 'Qirim' there is an additional mark ; the one also occur rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise on silver barikats. Diameter – 19 mm, weight – 1.85 g. Not published. Country or town: Qrim Mint
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: Anonymous Fals Year: – Material: Copper Description: AH 655 – 665 / 1257 – 1266. Obverse: In the center of the circle there is legend: 'Nusrat ad-Dunia v ad-Din' ('Defender of Peace and Faith'). Reverse: In the center of the circle there is Tamgha of Batu in the form of a stirrup. On both sides of tamgha there is legend: 'Qrim Mint' ('Mint' – to the right, 'Qrim' – to the left, variant 1a). Before word 'Qirim' there is an additional mark ; the one also occur rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise on silver barikats. Diameter – 17 mm, weight – 1.94 g. Not published. Country or town: Qrim Mint
Click to enlarge!	Denomination: Anonymous Fals Year: – Material: Copper Description: AH 655 – 665 / 1257 – 1266. Obverse: In the center of the circle there is legend: 'Nusrat ad-Dunia v ad-Din' ('Defender of Peace and Faith'). Reverse: In the center of the circle there is Tamgha of Batu in the form of a stirrup. On both sides of tamgha there is legend: 'Qrim Mint' ('Mint' – to the left, 'Qrim' – to the right, variant 2). Diameter – 16 mm, weight – 1.92 g. Country or town: Qrım Mint

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