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Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated

Around 1203 Temüjin destroyed the Kereit of his former patron Toghrul (Wang Khan). Genghis Khan's documented role is: He broke his former patron Toghrul and scattered the Kereit. 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 1203 Temüjin destroyed the Kereit of his former patron Toghrul (Wang Khan). Later lives date the break. It is a completed tribal destruction. Genghis Khan's documented role is: He broke his former patron Toghrul and scattered the Kereit. Followers absorbed remnants.

Context

Anda-and-patron language in the Secret History makes the break a political as well as military fact. Sharing it with Toghrul is required. The setting of Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated is the public file around 1203-01-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated. Naming Genghis Khan does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1203-01-01 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.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated on 1203-01-01. Destroying a patron-tribe is a polarisation path on the steppe. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

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

  • Genghis Khan

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He broke his former patron Toghrul and scattered the Kereit. Followers absorbed remnants.

What changed

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

    1. FactTemüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 1203 · verified

    Destroying a patron-tribe is a polarisation path on the steppe.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × 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

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × 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.Encyclopaedia Iranica — Čengīz KhanEncyclopaedia Iranica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Genghis Khan, Kereit warEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Genghis Khan, Kereit war at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Čengīz Khan at https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Iranica). Official carrier: Britannica — Genghis Khan, Kereit war (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Čengīz Khan (https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Iranica).

Established: a sourced public record of Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated under 1203-01-01 for Genghis Khan. Established: a sourced public record of Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated under 1203-01-01.

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

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

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated are separate paths.

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

Causal path

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

  1. ActorGenghis Khan
  2. contributed toFactTemüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-kereit-1203

https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-kereit-1203

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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