Regaining the power
After a few years, Temujin felt that he was strong enough to return to Dai Sechen and take Borte’s hand in marriage. He overestimated his own strength, and Borte was kidnapped in a raid by a tribe called the Merkit. Temujin had to ask for the help of his friends Jamuqa and Toghrul to free her.
Records show that around 1200 Temujin had allied himself with Toghrul and defeated the Tatars in 1202. The two started to have (verbal) fights more and more often until eventually Toghrul was killed after his forces were defeated by Temujin.
Temujin also got into a fight with Jamuqa and eventually had him killed as well.
In 1206 Temujin had conquered most of Mongolia and the remaining tribes were forced to acknowledge him as their leader. It was around this time that he took the name of Genghis Khan.
Genghis Khan’s death
Genghis Khan talked to some Daoist priests, whom he believed knew the secret to eternal life. Even still, in the middle of a campaign against the Tangut people he died. They say it was of natural causes. His body was returned to Mongolia and his tomb was said to have been quite modest for a person of his stature. The location of the grave is unknown today.