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{{Audio|Genghis Khan.ogg|'''Genghis Khan'''}} or '''Temüjin''' by birthname, ([[circa|c.]] 1162<ref name="birth">Rashid al-Din asserts that Genghis Khan lived to the age of 72, placing his year of birth at 1155. The ''Yuanshi'' (元史, ''History of the [[Yuan dynasty]]'', not to be confused with the era name of the [[Han dynasty]]), records his year of birth as 1162. According to Ratchnevsky, accepting a birth in 1155 would render Genghis Khan a father only at the age of 30, and would imply that at the ripe age of 72 he personally commanded the expedition against the Tanguts. Also, according to the ''[[Altan Tobci]]'', Genghis Khan's sister, Temulin, was nine years younger than he; but the Secret History relates that Temulin was an infant during the attack by the Merkits, during which Genghis Khan would have been 18, had he been born in 1155. Zhao Hong reports in his travelogue that the Mongols he questioned did not and had never known their ages.</ref>–[[August 18]], [[1227]]) ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: [{{IPA|ʧiŋgɪs χaːŋ}}], [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]: {{lang|mn|Чингис Хаан}}, {{zh-c|c=成吉思汗}} ''Chèngjísī Hàn'', [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]: ''Chengez Khan'', ''Chinggis Khan'', ''Chingis Khan'', ''Jenghis Khan'', ''Chinggis Qan'', ''Cengiz Han'' etc.), was a [[Mongol]] political and military leader or [[Khan]] (posthumously [[Khagan]]) who united the Mongol tribes and founded the [[Mongol Empire]] (Yeke Mongol Ulus, Екэ Монгол Улус), (1206–1368), the [[World's largest empires|largest]] [[contiguous]] [[empire]] in world history. Born to the name '''Temüjin''' in the [[Borjigin]] family (Mongolian: {{lang|mn|Тэмүүжин}}, {{zh-tp|t=鐵木真|p=Tiěmùzhēn}}), he forged a powerful army based on [[meritocracy]] to become one of the most successful [[military]] leaders in the whole of
While his image in most of the world is that of a ruthless, bloodthirsty conqueror, Genghis Khan is an iconic and beloved figure in [[Mongolia]], where he is seen as the father of the [[Mongol Nation]] (see also [[Mongolia]]). Before becoming a ''[[Khan]]'', Temüjin eliminated and united many of the [[nomadic]] tribes of north [[East Asia]] and [[Central Asia]] under a [[social identity]] as the "[[Mongols]]."
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