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   Mongol invasions of India

   After defeating Jalal ad-Din at the Battle of Indus in 1221, Genghis Khan sent two tumens to pursue him.
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   Genghis Khan

   Therefore Genghis sent only two tumen (20,000 soldiers) against Kuchlug, under his younger general, Jebe, known as "The Arrow". ... Outraged, Genghis Khan planned one of his largest invasion campaigns by organizing together around 200,000 soldiers (20 tumens), his most capable generals and some of his sons.
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   Mongol Empire

   He also divided his nation into arbans (each with 10 people), zuuns (100), myangans (1000) and tumens (10,000) of decimal organization. ... Genghis Khan and his family supplied them with capital and sent to Khorazm.
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   History of Mongolia

   | Before Genghis Khan | ... The military strength of the Mongols during the Yuan dynasty was that they were able to mobilise an army of 400,000 warriors (40 tumens).
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   Jochi

   When the latter refused to obey Genghis Khan sent Chagatai and Ögedei against him. ... It frequently encompassed thousands of square kilometers of area, required the participation of several tumens and lasted anywhere between one to three months.
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   Mongol military tactics and organization

   Genghis Khan organized the Mongol soldiers into groups based on the decimal system. ... The tumens would typically advance on a broad front, five lines deep.
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   Nomadic empire

   Huyanye sent his son, the "wise king of the right" Shuloujutang, to the Han court as hostage. ... After Genghis Khan
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   Batu Khan

   Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. ... In 1229, Ogedei despatched 3 tumens under Kukhdei and Sundei to against the tribes on lower Ural.
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   Mongol invasion of Europe

   The Great Khan had, however, died in December, 1241, and on hearing the news, all the "Princes of the Blood" (of Genghis Khan) went back to Mongolia to elect the new Khan. ... In the winter of 1265 Nogai Khan led a Mongol raid of two tumens (20,000 soldiers) against the territories of Bulgaria and Byzantine Eastern Thrace.
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    Tibet during the Ming Dynasty

    The Mongol Prince Godan, a grandson of Genghis Khan, raided as far as Lhasa. ... Before discovering this, the Ming court believed that the representatives of his sect who continued to visit the Ming capital were sent by him.

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• History of Mongolia,
• Jochi,
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• Nomadic empire,
• Batu Khan,
• Mongol invasion of Europe,
• Tibet during the Ming Dynasty