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Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology

Around 1205, as later Secret History chronology dates it, Jamukha was captured and killed as Chinggis Khan's anda-rival. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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Around 1205, as later Secret History chronology dates it, Jamukha was captured and killed as Chinggis Khan's anda-rival. The honourable-death story is later prose. Genghis Khan's documented role is: He had Jamukha killed after capture, with a received honourable-death story. Followers handed Jamukha over.

Context

Anda language makes the killing a political rupture. Sharing it with the followers who handed Jamukha over is required. The setting of Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology is the public file around 1205-01-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology on 1205-01-01. Killing an anda-rival is a polarisation path inside steppe politics. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Shared responsibility is part of Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology. Naming Genghis Khan does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1205-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He had Jamukha killed after capture, with a received honourable-death story. Followers handed Jamukha over.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactJamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 January 1205 · verified

    Killing an anda-rival is a polarisation path inside steppe politics.

    • Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Genghis Khan, Kereit warEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Internet Archive — Secret History of the Mongols English as later carrierInternet Archive · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Internet Archive — Secret History carrier on Jamukha at https://archive.org/details/secrethistoryofthemongolsfranciswoodmancleaves_814_r (opens in a new tab) (Internet Archive). Independent locator: Britannica — Genghis Khan, Jamukha at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Internet Archive — Secret History carrier on Jamukha (https://archive.org/details/secrethistoryofthemongolsfranciswoodmancleaves_814_r (opens in a new tab); Internet Archive). Independent carrier: Britannica — Genghis Khan, Jamukha (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology under 1205-01-01 for Genghis Khan. Established: a sourced public record of Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology under 1205-01-01.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology are separate paths.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGenghis Khan
  2. contributed toFactJamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Jamukha is captured and killed as the anda-rival ending in later Secret History chronology. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-jamukha-end

https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-jamukha-end

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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