# Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated

Date: 1203

## The fact

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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [political-polarization](/drivers/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Britannica — Genghis Khan, Kereit war (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

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.

## What is established and what is not

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. Do not merge with Naiman 1204. Mixed effects of Temüjin destroys the Kereit of Toghrul Wang Khan as later dated are separate paths.

The attached driver is political-polarization. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- Genghis Khan: https://factrail.ai/people/genghis-khan

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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