Genghis Khan, whose real name is Timuçin, is the greatest and most cruel ruler in history. As an eight-year-old boy, on a journey with his father through the Mongolian steppes, his father was poisoned to death by hostile tribes. Thereupon, he was betrayed by his closest relatives and had to live secretly in the forest with his mother and siblings. The difficult days he went through played an important role in his development. Because his whole family was about to die of hunger, he had to kill his brother who did not share the fish he caught with them.
Genghis Khan spent the hardest times of his life hiding in the cold climate of the steppe. It was sold as a slave in China and was displayed in a cage for a while. According to Genghis Khan, while he was being exhibited in the cage, an old Buddhist came to him and asked him to forgive them. Because he saw that he would become a great Khan in the future and would destroy the whole world. In return for helping him, the Monk’s only request is; not destroying the Buddhist temple at the top of the mountains. Genghis Khan destroyed China, killed millions of people, destroyed all temples, but never touched the Monk’s temple.
Genghis Khan’s Way of Keeping His Promise
Genghis Khan brought together the nomadic tribes in Central Asia and captured China. He turned to the west in order to dominate the whole world. He does not forgive anyone in the places he besieged, he kills women, men or children without showing any mercy. The biggest massacres were experienced in the resisting Turkish lands.
The Turks believed that Genghis Khan was the Antichrist because they heard what he did in his conquests. In fact, when they heard that he was coming to the city of Bukhara, the notables of the city sent a delegation to Genghis Khan because they knew that he would not leave a stone on the ground. The delegation asked him not to demolish mosques, burn books and put people to the sword, and said that they would surrender in return. Genghis Khan accepted and when he entered the city; he said his word that will be written in bloody letters in history; Do not destroy mosques, burn them, do not put people to the sword, bury them alive, do not burn books, throw them into the river. He said no one can tell me that I didn’t keep my word. Doing as he said, in the city of Bukhara, which was known to have a population of more than 1 million at that time, not a single child or chicken survived after the occupation. All of them are buried alive.
Genghis Khan’s Immortality Wish
Genghis Khan, beyond conquering the whole world, wanted to be immortal in eternity. For this reason, he gave great value to the priests and shamans. He had a priest with him on all his expeditions. An old Buddhist nun asked the secret of immortality, and she replied that the more women he was with, the longer his life would be. For this reason, he has been with dozens of women in every city he occupied and married many of them. In fact, he had so many women in his life that he is estimated to have more than 20 million grandchildren around the world today. The most surviving human being in the world is Genghis Khan.
Fear increased in both the Muslim and Christian worlds as the Mongols bleed further westward. So much so that when Muslims describe the Mongols; He described them as ruthless Gog and Magog with short stature, big head, wide body, and small eyes. Christians, on the other hand, were saying that the Antichrist had emerged and would invade Europe. Because at that time, Genghis Khan killed eleven percent of the world’s population, that is 40 million people, and conquered half of the world.
The Only Fear of Genghis Khan, Described as the Antichrist
He remained loyal to the shaman traditions and Tengri belief until the end of his life, and he bequeathed to his grandchildren by saying “There is only one religion and that is the Tengri religion”. In times of war, he considered it an insult when they invited him to Islam or Christianity. For this reason, he punished the envoys who invited them by boiling them. The only fear of the great ruler is dogs and he could not be eaten throughout his life. Whenever he saw a dog, he sought a place to escape.
When asked how a steppe man, who spent his childhood and youth in trouble, was asked how he managed to become the cruelest and greatest ruler in history, he explained it with these words. I thought a lot, thought a lot, thought a lot more than any human being has ever thought. Genghis Khan clearly obeyed and accepted among the Mongols, Genghis Khan laws has. Genghis Khan himself made important additions to these rules and they were applied for years.
Genghis Khan could not find immortality, but his name was engraved in the memories. He will continue to be accepted as the greatest ruler of history by the whole world forever. When he died, everyone who participated in the burial was killed so that his grave would not be found. It is thought that a river bed in Mongolia was diverted and buried under the river.
