Editing Subutai (section)

{{short description|Mongol general under Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Subutai
| image              = Subudei.jpg
| native_name        = {{MongolUnicode|ᠰᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ|lang=mn}}
| birth_date         = c. 1175
| birth_place        = [[Burkhan Khaldun]], [[Khamag Mongol]]
| death_date         = {{death year and age|1248|1175}}
| death_place        = [[Tuul River]], [[Mongol Empire]]
| occupation         = General
| title              = Örlög baatar, [[noyan]] of a [[Mingghan]]
| spouse             = {{hlist|Tangzi Khatun|Zainshi Khatun|Tenzii Khatun|Yangdai Khatun}}
| partner            = 
| children           = {{hlist|Tsenzai|Tengziin of China|Tangzei Khan|Wengzi|Ulanqatai|[[Uriyangkhadai]]}}
| relatives          = {{hlist|[[Aju]] (grandson)|[[Jelme]] (brother)|Chaurkhan|Qaban, Nerbi}}
| signature          = 
}}
{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Subutai}}

'''Subutai'''{{efn|{{bulletedlist|{{zh|c=速不台|p=Sùbùtái}}; {{IPA|zh|sûpûtʰǎɪ|IPA}}|[[Classical Mongolian]]: {{MongolUnicode|ᠰᠦᠪᠡᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ|h}} {{lang|mn-latn|Söbegedei}}; [[Khalkha Mongolian|Modern]] {{langx|mn|Сүбээдэй|translit=Sübeedei}}, {{IPA|mn|supéte|pron}}}}}} (c. 1175–1248) was a [[Mongols|Mongol]] general and the primary military strategist of [[Genghis Khan]] and [[Ögedei Khan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=de Rachewiltz |first=Igor |title=In the Service of the Khan: Eminent Personalities of the Early Mongol-Yüan Period (1200-1300) |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |year=1993 |isbn=9783447033398 |pages=13–27}}</ref> He ultimately directed more than 20 campaigns, during which he conquered more territory than any other commander in history as part of the expansion of the [[Mongol Empire]], the [[List of largest empires|largest contiguous empire in human history]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hart |first=B. H. Liddell |author-link=B. H. Liddell Hart |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526540 |title=Great Captains Unveiled |publisher=W. Blackwood & Sons |year=1927 |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref> He often gained victory by means of sophisticated strategies and routinely coordinated movements of armies that operated hundreds of kilometers apart from each other.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests 1190-1400 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2014 |isbn=9781472810212 |pages=48–51 |language=en}}</ref> Subutai is regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history, and the single greatest in [[History of Mongolia|Mongolian history]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gabriel |first=Richard A. |author-link=Richard A. Gabriel |title=Genghis Khan's Greatest General: Subotai the Valiant |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0806137346 |pages=xi–xii, 4–6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sverdrup |first=Carl Fredrik |title=The Mongol Conquests: The Military Operations of Genghis Khan and Sübe'etei |publisher=Helion & Company |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-910777-71-8 |pages=ix, 350 |language=en}}</ref> He was instrumental in the conquests of [[Genghis Khan]] and [[Ögedei Khan]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Mongol Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-61069-340-0 |editor-last=May |editor-first=Timothy Michael |pages=94 |language=en}}</ref>