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Perhaps more important is the role his family, the Toluids, had in shaping the destinies of the Mongol Empire. Tolui fathered Möngke, Kubilai, Arik Boke , and Hulagu, and thus was the progenitor of the last of the great Khans, the Yuan Dynasty of China, and of the Il KhansThe Ilkhanate (also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate was one of the four divisions within the Mongol Empire. It was centered in the land of Persia and included present-day Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan. It was based, originally, on Genghis Khan'.

Rivalry between the Toluids and the sons of Ögedei and Jöchi caused the stagnation and infighting during the regency periods after the deaths of Ogedei and his son Güyük.

However, it was a rivalry from among Tolui's own sons--that of Kubilai and Arik Boke--that fragmented the power of the empire and set the western khanates against each other in the early 1260sCenturies: 12th century 13th century 14th century Decades: 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s 1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s Years: 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 1266 1267 1268 1269 Events and Trends 1260s..