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2 unusual facts about Chagatai Khanate


Chagatai Khanate

Included among these are Kebek (1309, 1318–1326), who instituted a standardization of the coinage and selected a sedentary capital (at Qarshi), and Tarmashirin (1326–1334), who converted to Islam and raided the Sultanate of Delhi in India.

Chagatai Turks

The Chagatai Turks are people who descended from the Chagatai Khanate or with the ethnic name of Chagatai.


Noyan

They were sometimes called emir or bey in the Ulus of Jochi, the Ilkhanate and the Chagatai Khanate while the Yuan records gave the equivalent as guanren since their main task was waging warfare.


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Buyan Suldus

When the Qara'unas Amir Qazaghan killed Qazan Khan and took effective control of the Chagatai Khanate in 1346, his base of power was in the southern portion of the ulus; he mostly left the northern tribes alone.

Duwa Temür

During his reign, Great Khan Tugh Temur (1328 - 1329 and 1329 - 1332) took a third of revenues from Khiva and Khot in the Chagatai Khanate.

Qazan Khan

Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur (died 1346), ruler of the Chagatai Khanate in 1343–1346

Tuka

Buqa Temür (alternately Tuka Timur), khan of the Chagatai Khanate (1272?-1282)