Danishmendji

Danishmendji

Danishmendji

Mongolian ruler of Central Asia


Danishmendji (died 1348) was Khan of the Chagatai Khanate from 1346 to 1348. He was the second Khan of the Chagatai ulus to be descended from Ögedei.

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In 1346 he was raised to the Khanship by Amir Qazaghan, who was the leader of the Qara'unas and who recently had taken effective control of the ulus. Two years later Qazaghan had him executed and replaced him with Bayan Quli, who was a member of the house of Chagatai Khan.

Preceded by:
Qazan Khan
Khan of Chagatai Khanate
13461348
Followed by:
Bayan Quli

Tughlugh Timur


References

  1. Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn Khvānd Mīr, trans. by Wheeler McIntosh Thackston, Habibü's-siyer: Moğol ve Türk hâkimiyeti (1994), p. 412



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