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 | | Kaidu controlled eastern Turkestan (modern Xinjiang Uighur) and, for a time, much of Mongolia proper, including Karakorum, the former capital of the Mongol Empire. |
 | | Since about 1263, when Kublai Khan was liquidating the rebellion of his own brother Ariq Boke, Kaidu would be waging almost continuous warfare for more than 30 years against Kublai and his successors, without ever managing to overthrow their might. |
 | | By 1269 he had himself recognized by some Mongol tribes and chieftains as their rightful Khan, but eventually fell in 1301, when defeated near Karakorum and killed during a desperate flight. |
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