the ledger of connections
The Connections of Sorghaghtani Beki
Mongol empress (1190-1252) Every person recorded alongside Sorghaghtani Beki in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Sorghaghtani Beki in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Jakha Gambhu, Wasai
- Spouses
- Tolui
- Children
- Kublai Khan, Möngke Khan, Hulegu Khan, Ariq Böke, Yesubuhua
- Siblings
- Ibaqa beki, Katerina Bekhi
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1190 to 1252.

Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today

Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)

Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)

Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)

Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness

Medieval era
Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)

Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216

Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190

Medieval era
Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry

Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history

Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)

Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307