Further up river at the villages of or Batu Putih you could opt to stay with the local orang sungai people in the Miso Walai homestay program part or a Sabah National Project.

Famous for its tin mining long before the Independence Day of Malaya, Batu Gajah had been an ideal place for Chinese immigrants to stay and work during those years.

On arrival at the supreme Mongol court — either that on the Imyl river ( near Lake Alakol and the present Russo-Chinese frontier in the Altay ), or more probably at or near Karakorum itself, south-west of Lake Baikal — Andrew found Güyük Khan dead, poisoned, as the envoy supposed, by Batu Khan's agents.

* 1945 – World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.

Located on an archaeological site at Kota Batu, Brunei museum is the largest in the country.

* Brunei Museum ( Muzium Brunei )-Located on an archeological site at Kota Batu about from Bandar Seri Begawan, this museum is the largest in the country.

A procession begins in the wee hours of the morning on Thaipusam from the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur leading up to Batu Caves as a religious undertaking to Lord Muruga lasting eight hours.

* " Batu Caves now on world map for Hindu pilgrims ".

The term Golden Horde ( Russian: Золотая Орда ) initially only designated the Ulus of Batu ( Russian: Улуса Батыя ) centered on Sarai when the terminology first appeared in the History of Kazan in 1565.

In 1235, Batu with the great general Subedei began an invasion westwards, first conquering the Bashkirs and then moving on to Volga Bulgaria in 1236.

In 1242, after retreating through Hungary ( destroying Pest in the process ), and subjugating Bulgaria, Batu established his capital at Sarai, commanding the lower stretch of the Volga River, on the site of the Khazarian capital of Atil.

Batu Khan on his throne.

Batu was much delighted on seeing him.

At last, Batu called a kurultai on his own territory in 1250.

Mongolian records indicate that Batu Khan was planning a complete conquest of the remaining European powers, beginning with a winter attack on Austria, Italy and Germany, when he was recalled to Mongolia upon the death of Great Khan Ögedei.

* Batu Hijau mine – copper and gold mine on the island of Sumbawa.

The reasoning was unclear: some sources wrote that he sought to recuperate his personal property Emyl ; others suggested that he might have been moving to join Eljigidei to conduct a full-scale conquest of the Middle East, or possibly to make a surprise attack on his rival cousin Batu Khan in Russia.

To decide on a new Great Khan, Batu called a kurultai on his own territory in 1250.

In 1989, it embarked on the double-tracking and electrification of trunk line between Rawang and Seremban and the branch lines between Batu Junction and Sentul, and between Kuala Lumpur and Port Klang which allowed the KTM Komuter service to start running in 1995.

In 1241 Wenceslaus successfully repelled a raid on Bohemia by forces serving under Batu Khan and Subutai of the Mongol Empire as part of the Mongol invasion of Europe.

Sekolah Menengah Sains Johor, a government boarding secondary school with a special emphasis on science subjects, was built in the 1970s on the outskirts of Kluang along the Batu Pahat road.

After the withdrawal from the Kingdom of Hungary, the Mongol forces halted at Sarai ( now Russia ) on the Volga River where their leader, Batu Khan set up his own capital.

From the 1260s, a relative of Batu, Nogai Khan settled at Isaccea on the Lower Danube and became the absolute master of the neighboring regions.

At Batu Lintang camp, also in Borneo, death orders were found which proposed the execution of some 2, 000 POWs and civilian internees on September 15, 1945.

Some modern historians speculate that Batu intended primarily to assure his flanks were safe for the future from possible interference from the Europeans, and partially as a precursor to further conquest.

The routes are scattered all around the side of Batu Caves, which is made up of limestone hills rising to 150 m. These climbing routes are easily accessed as most crags start from ground level.

Today, disputes continue among other things, over the pricing of deliveries of raw untreated water to Singapore, Singapore's land reclamation causing a negative environmental impact in Malaysian waters, a new bridge to replace the Johor-Singapore Causeway which Singapore does not want to pay for, maritime boundaries, the redevelopment of Malayan Railway lands in Singapore and Pulau Batu Putih.

* 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.

* 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus ': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

* 2008 – The International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca ( Pulau Batu Puteh ) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.

* 1238 – The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.

** The Batu Lintang camp in Sarawak, Borneo is liberated by Australian forces.

* March 4 – Mongol invasion of Rus – Battle of the Sit River: The Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan defeat the Rus ' under Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir-Suzdal.

* 1255 – Batu Khan, Mongol ruler and founder of the Blue Horde ( b. c. 1205 )

* A kurultai is called by Batu Khan in Siberia as part of maneuverings to eventually elect Möngke Khan as khan of the Mongol empire in 1251.

* Volga Bulgaria is conquered by Mongol khan Batu.

* After turning aside south for 15 years to invade the Caucasus, Asia Minor and Persia — united now under Batu Khan with representatives of all 4 khanates leading 150, 000 Mongol, Turkish and Persian troops into Europe, resume the European invasion with the resumption of Mongol invasion of Rus ' foreshadowed by.

* Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kiev.

* April 11 – Battle of Mohi: Batu Khan and Subutai defeat Béla IV of Hungary.

* Batu Khan establishes the Golden Horde at Sarai.

The tomb of Sultan Bolkiah near Kota Batu.

Batu Khan's full-scale invasion of Rus ' occurred from 1237 to 1240 ; the campaign was ended by a Mongol succession crisis.

The vast Mongol hordes of around 35, 000 mounted archers, commanded by Batu Khan and Subutai, crossed the Volga River and invaded Volga Bulgaria in the autumn of 1236.

In November 1237, Batu Khan sent his envoys to the court of Yuri II of Vladimir and demanded his submission.

Thereupon Batu Khan divided his army into smaller units, which ransacked fourteen cities of modern-day Russia: Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuriev-Polsky, Dmitrov, Volokolamsk, Tver, and Torzhok.

In the summer of 1238, Batu Khan devastated the Crimea and pacified Mordovia.

Despite the resistance of Danylo of Halych, Batu Khan managed to take two of his principal cities, Halych and Volodymyr-Volynskyi.

Batu Khan ordered him to prostrate himself before the tablets of Genghis Khan.