Urus Khan

Urus Khan
Urus Khan
Khan of the Golden Horde; Eastern Half (White Horde)
Reign	1361–1377
Predecessor	Chimtay
Successor	Toqtaqiya
Khan of the Golden Horde; Western Half (Blue Horde)
Reign	1372–1374
Predecessor	Muhammad Beluq
Successor	Hajji Cherkes
Born	unknown
Died	1377
Dynasty	Borjigin
Religion	Tengrism

Urus Khan was the eighth Khan of the White Horde and a disputed Khan of the Blue Horde; he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. Urus himself was the direct ancestor of the khans of the Kazakh Khanate.

Ancestry of Urus

The genealogy of Urus, according to the Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh (or JĀMEʿ AL-TAWĀRIḴ, "The Compendium of Chronicles ", or Universal History", the definitive contemporary work of the physician, historian, and Ilkhanate Vizier Rashid-al-Din Hamadani) was as follows: Genghis Khan - Jochi - Toqa-Timur - Uz-Timur - Hoja - Badik - Urus. However, Munedjimbashi says he was a descendant of Orda Khan, the eldest son of Jochi and brother of Tuqa-Timur. Howorth makes him the son of the previous khan Chimtay and thus a descendant of Orda[1]

Biography

Little, if anything is known of Urus' life except that he was indeed a very powerful Khan, confident enough to make war on the great Tamerlane to demand the extradition of his nephew Toqtamish (who had tried to overthrow him). He was driven back to the steppe by Tamerlane and died shortly afterwards. Urus is credited as the ancestor of khans of the Kazakhs.

Urus Khan is credited with the rebuilding of Sygnak, the capital of the left wing of the Golden Horde (Jochid state).

Family

Urus was a son of Chimtay, the previous Khan of the White Horde, and the uncle of Toqtamysh. Urus is known to have had at least three sons, Qutlugh Buga, who died just a few months before Urus, Toqtaqiya, who succeeded him, and Timur-Malik, who succeeded the latter.

Genealogy

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References

Howorth, History of the Mongols, 1880, part 2, p. 221.

Regnal titles
Urus Khan House of Qiyat (1206–1635)
Preceded by Chimtay	Khan of the Blue Horde 1361–1376	Succeeded by Toqtaqiya
Preceded by Muhammad Beluq and Arab Shaykh	Khan of the Golden Horde 1376–1377	Succeeded by Muhammad Beluq, Tulum Beg Khanum, Ai G Beg, Arab Shaykh, Kagan Beg, Ilbani and Hajji Cherkes

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[1] Howorth, History of the Mongols, 1880, part 2, p. 221.