Batu khan
d. 1255, Mongol conqueror: leader of the Golden Horde (grandson of Genghis Khan).
Historical Examples
Batu Khan was seated on a camp-stool brilliantly attired as if for some great ceremony.
‘Neath the Hoof of the Tartar Mikls Jsika
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