Most sources refer only to a drinking habit that earned the scorn of his older brother, Chaghadai.
I also could not find references to Ogedei's struggle with a heart condition. So, although the opening struggle did not appear to have occurred, it was certainly within the realm of possibility. The Chaghadai Khanate - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Although the Chaghadai khanate was subordinate to the Great Khan in China, several Chaghadai khans rebelled against this inferior position and sought to assert their independence. They also fought and engaged in political maneuvers against their Mongol relatives in China. Mongol leaders within the Chaghadai khanate vied with each other for territory and power. Other sources hint that, although Chaghadai may not have initially challenged Ogedei for head of the empire, his descendants in their subordinate khanate in central Asia wrangled with their royal relations in China in later years. At any rate, a quriltai was called in 1229 at which the issue was finally settled." - Storm from the East: from Ghengis Khan to Khubilai Khan by Robert Marshall, University of California Press. Some suggest it was because Ogedei himself was reluctant, feeling that Tolui might perhaps have been better suited, while other sources suggest it was Tolui who was unhappy about being passed over. "Although Genghis had already decided upon Ogedei as his successor, it was two years before he actually assumed the title of Great Khan.
The enthronement of Ogedei from a manuscript of Rashid al-Din. Then who would lead the nation since Ogedei's son Guyuk is still but a boy?Ĭonn Iggulden brings the descendants of Genghis Khan vibrantly to life in his latest novel "Khan: Empire of Silver" and I was immediately invested in the outcome of the dynastic struggles between Ogedei and his rivals for the Mongol throne even though most of the thrilling action in the first few chapters of the novel are a tribute to Iggulden's imagination and not specifically documented in historical sources. We discover the young Khan suffers from episodes of severe chest pains and fears his body will betray him before his brother. We also learn that civil war is not the only catastrophe looming over the hard won Mongol Empire. Their tumens along with those of Subutai are loyal but will they be enough to avert the slaughter of Ogedei and his family? Genghis' brothers, Kachiun and Khassar, have sworn to protect their brother's choice of successor. He meets in secret with the officers of his tumens (Mongol military units of 10,000 men) and plots to seize the throne before the people of the nations gather to swear their allegiance to the new Khan. His older brother Chaghadai, who considers the Khanate his birthright despite his father's decree, has not been idle either. It's been two years since Genghis Khan died and his heir, Ogedei, has been consumed with the construction of his new capital city, Qaraqorum (also spelled Karakorum).
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