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Baraq (Khan of Golden Horde)

Baraq (Khan of Golden Horde)

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Baraq was Khan
Khan (title)
Khan is an originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, first used by medieval Altaic-speaking nomadic tribes living to the north of China and the center of Rumelia Kailar yoruks are mentioned as yorukkhans in Ottoman arvhives...

 of the Golden Horde
Golden Horde
The Ulus of Jochi or the Golden Horde is an East Slavic designation for the Mongol—later Turkicized—Muslim khanate established in the western part of the Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus' in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus...

 from 1422 to 1427. His ancestor was Urus Khan
Urus Khan
Urus Khan was the eighth Khan of the White Horde, and a disputable Khan of the Blue Horde, he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan through his eldest grandson, Orda.-Career:...

 who was also descendant of Chingis Khan. He took support from Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan...

, the Timurid
Timurid
Timurid may refer to:* Timur* Timurid dynasty * Timurid Emirates...

 khan, and in 1422 he dethroned Kepek, Olug Moxammat as well as Dawlat Berdi, khans of the Golden Horde. And Baraq reoccupied Sighnak from Timurids. However, he was defeated in 1427 by Olug Moxammat and was promptly assassinated by Abu'l-Khayr Khan
Abu'l-Khayr Khan
Abu'l-Khayr Khan was the leader who united the nomadic Uzbek tribes from which the Kazakh khanate later separated in rebellion under Janybek Khan and Kerei Khan beginning in 1466....

, the Khan of the Shaybanids
Shaybanids
The Shaybanids are the patrilineal descendants of Shayban , the fifth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. Until the mid-14th century, they acknowledged the authority of the descendants of Batu Khan and Orda Khan, such as Uzbeg Khan...

 who claimed the steppe between the Ural and Syr Darya rivers for his dynasty.

In the year of 1456, Baraq’s sons, Ghirey and Janibeg
Janybek Khan
----Janybek Khan was a co-leader of a new Kazakh Khanate, following a successful rebellion against the Uzbek Khan Abu'l-Khayr Khan in 1465 and 1466. Janybek's father was Baraq...

 rebelled against Abu'l-Khayr Khan and they immigrated to the environs of “Yedi Su” (Seven Waters) and they declared their own khanate.
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Baraq was Khan
Khan (title)
Khan is an originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, first used by medieval Altaic-speaking nomadic tribes living to the north of China and the center of Rumelia Kailar yoruks are mentioned as yorukkhans in Ottoman arvhives...

 of the Golden Horde
Golden Horde
The Ulus of Jochi or the Golden Horde is an East Slavic designation for the Mongol—later Turkicized—Muslim khanate established in the western part of the Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus' in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus...

 from 1422 to 1427. His ancestor was Urus Khan
Urus Khan
Urus Khan was the eighth Khan of the White Horde, and a disputable Khan of the Blue Horde, he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan through his eldest grandson, Orda.-Career:...

 who was also descendant of Chingis Khan. He took support from Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan...

, the Timurid
Timurid
Timurid may refer to:* Timur* Timurid dynasty * Timurid Emirates...

 khan, and in 1422 he dethroned Kepek, Olug Moxammat as well as Dawlat Berdi, khans of the Golden Horde. And Baraq reoccupied Sighnak from Timurids. However, he was defeated in 1427 by Olug Moxammat and was promptly assassinated by Abu'l-Khayr Khan
Abu'l-Khayr Khan
Abu'l-Khayr Khan was the leader who united the nomadic Uzbek tribes from which the Kazakh khanate later separated in rebellion under Janybek Khan and Kerei Khan beginning in 1466....

, the Khan of the Shaybanids
Shaybanids
The Shaybanids are the patrilineal descendants of Shayban , the fifth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. Until the mid-14th century, they acknowledged the authority of the descendants of Batu Khan and Orda Khan, such as Uzbeg Khan...

 who claimed the steppe between the Ural and Syr Darya rivers for his dynasty.

In the year of 1456, Baraq’s sons, Ghirey and Janibeg
Janybek Khan
----Janybek Khan was a co-leader of a new Kazakh Khanate, following a successful rebellion against the Uzbek Khan Abu'l-Khayr Khan in 1465 and 1466. Janybek's father was Baraq...

 rebelled against Abu'l-Khayr Khan and they immigrated to the environs of “Yedi Su” (Seven Waters) and they declared their own khanate. Therefore, the line of Baraq reappeared in the stage of the history and this khanate was called as “Kazakh Khanate
Kazakh Khanate
Kazakh Khanate was a Kazakh state that existed in 1456-1731, located roughly on the territory of present-day Republic of Kazakhstan.-History:...

” henceforth.

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