The Golden Horde (Mongolian: Züchi-iin Ulus) was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that was established in the 13th century and formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire. Contemporarily, the khanate was known as the Kipchak Khanate or as the Ulus of Jochi.
After the death of Batu Khan in 1255, the prosperity of his dynasty lasted for a full century until 1359, though the intrigues of Nogai did invoke a partial civil war in the late...
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The Golden Horde (Mongolian: Züchi-iin Ulus) was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that was established in the 13th century and formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire. Contemporarily, the khanate was known as the Kipchak Khanate or as the Ulus of Jochi.
After the death of Batu Khan in 1255, the prosperity of his dynasty lasted for a full century until 1359, though the intrigues of Nogai did invoke a partial civil war in the late 1290s. The Horde's military power peaked during the reign of Uzbeg (1312–41), who adopted Islam. The territory of the Golden Horde at its peak included most of Eastern Europe from the Urals to the right banks of the Danube River, extending east deep into Siberia. In the south, the Golden Horde's lands bordered on the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the territories of the Mongol dynasty known as the Ilkhanate.
The khanate had begun to experience violent internal political disorder in 1359, before it was briefly reunited under Tokhtamysh...
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