Kaidu (11th century)

Khaidu Khan
ᠬᠠᠢ᠌ᠳᠤ
Khan of The Borjigid
Khan of Mongol Borjigid
Reign? – 1100
PredecessorHachi Hulug
SuccessorBashinkhor Khan
Bornc.1025
Northern Mongolia
Diedc.1100
(aged 74–75)
Northern Mongolia
IssueBashinkhor Dogshin
Charaqai Lingqum
Era name and dates
(Liao Era: 11th–Centuries)
HouseBorjigid Dynasty
FatherHachi Hulug
MotherMonolun
ReligionTengrism

Kaidu (/ˈkdu/; b. 1025 – d. 1100; Middle Mongol: ᠬᠠᠢ᠌ᠳᠤ [ˈqʰaɪd̥ʊ], Modern Mongol: Хайду, Khaidu [ˈχæːtʊ̽]) was a Mongol ruler of the Borjigin clan who was the great-great-grandson of Bodonchar Munkhag (c. 850 – 900). Kaidu's great-grandson was Khabul Khan (died 1149), and Khabul Khan's great-grandson was Genghis Khan (1162–1227), and Kaidu's other great-grandson Khadjuli (died 12th century), and Khadjuli Barlas' great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Timur Barlas (1330s–1405), his son Bashinkhor Dogshin succeeded him.