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| name = Berke Khan<br/>{{lang|fa|{{script|Arab|برکه خان}}}}
| image = Golden Horde. Berke. AH 655-665 AD 1257-1267 Qrim (Crimea) mint. Struck circa AH 662-665 (AD 1263-1267).jpg
| caption = Coinage of Berke, Qrim ([[Crimea]]) mint
| succession = [[List of khans of the Golden Horde|Khan of the Golden Horde]]<br />''Western Half (Blue Horde)''
| reign1 = 1257–1266
| predecessor1 = [[Ulaghchi]]
| successor1 = [[Mengu-Timur]]
| spouse = Melike Hatun (Daughter of [[Kayqubad II]] or [[Kaykaus II]]
| issue = {{plainlist|
*Tagtagai Khatun
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| house-type = Dynasty
| father = [[Jochi]]
| mother = Sultan Khatun (Captured Khwarazmian Princess)
| birth_date = {{circa|1208}}
| birth_place = [[Burkhan Khaldun]], Mongolia
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'''Berke Khan''' (died 1266; also '''Birkai'''; [[Turki]]/[[Cuman language|Kypchak]]: {{Script|Arab|برکه خان}}, {{Lang-mn|Бэрх хан}}, {{lang-tt-Cyrl|Бәркә хан}}) was a
==Name==
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[[File:Golden Horde 1389.svg|right|thumb|The domains of the Golden Horde in 1389. The gold star shows the location of New [[Sarai (city)|Sarai]], capital of the [[Golden Horde]].]]
When Batu died in 1255, he was briefly succeeded by his sons [[Sartaq Khan]] and [[Ulaghchi]], before Berke assumed leadership in 1257. He was an able ruler and succeeded in maintaining and stabilizing the Golden Horde, the western khanate of the Mongol Empire. During his government, the Mongols finally defeated the rebellion of [[
==Berke-Hulagu War==
{{Main|Berke–Hulagu war}}
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Berke became a devout Muslim. His conversion resulted in the Blue Horde becoming predominantly Muslim, although there were still animists and Buddhists among them. Berke was angered by Hulagu's destruction of Baghdad and was determined to deal with [[Hulagu Khan]], who had murdered the Caliph [[Al-Musta'sim]], and whose territorial ambitions in Syria and Egypt threatened Berke's fellow Muslims.
In the meantime, the
Hulagu returned to his lands by 1262, but instead of being able to avenge his defeats, was drawn into civil war with Berke and the Blue Horde. Berke Khan had promised such a defeat in his rage after Hulagu's sack of Baghdad.
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Berke also supported Great Khan claimant [[Ariq Böke]] in the [[Toluid Civil War]], and he minted coins in the name of Ariq Böke. However Kublai defeated Ariq Böke by 1264. Kublai called both Hulagu and Berke to discuss Ariq Böke. However, both of them noted that they could not attend the Kurultai at the time, and a new Kurultai was never held.
==Death and Aftermath==
As Berke sought to cross the Kura river to attack Hulagu's son, [[Abaqa Khan]], he fell ill and died sometime between 1266 and 1267.<ref>E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 7 By Martijn Theodoor Houtsma, p. 708.</ref> He was succeeded by his grandnephew, [[Mengu-Timur]]. The policy of alliance with the Mamluks, and containment of the Ilkhanate, was continued by Mengu-Timur.
== Ancestry ==
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