Barak Khan

Khan of the Golden Horde

برق خان‎Khan of the Golden HordeReign1423–1429PredecessorUlugh Muhammad and Dawlat BerdiSuccessorUlugh Muhammad

Died1429
Golden HordeDynastyBorjiginFatherQuyurchuqReligionSunni Islam

Barak (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: برق خان‎; died 1429) was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1423 to 1429.^[1] His father was Quyurchuq, the son of Urus Khan, who was a descendant of Tuqa-Timur, the son of Jochi, the eldest son of Genghis Khan.^[2]

Barak took support from Ulugh Beg, the Timurid khan, and in 1422 he dethroned Kepek, Ulugh Muhammad as well as Dawlat Berdi, khans of the Golden Horde. And Barak Khan reoccupied Sighnak from the Timurids. However, he was defeated in 1427 by Ulugh Muhammad and was promptly assassinated by Jochi's descendant, Mohammed, who claimed the steppe between the Ural and Syr Darya rivers for his dynasty.

In the 1460s, Barak’s sons, Kirai and Janibek rebelled against Abu'l-Khayr Khan and they immigrated to the environs of Jeti Su (Seven Rivers) and established the Kazakh Khanate.^[3]

Genealogy

Genghis Khan
Jochi
Tuqa-Timur
Urung-Timur (Uz-Timur, Urungbash)
Achiq
Taqtaq
Timur Khwaja
Badiq
Urus (?-1377)
Quyurchuq
Barak Khan (?-1429)
Janibek (1428-1480)
Kasym Khan (1445-1521)
Haqqnazar Khan (1537-1580)

References

^ "Barak khan · Prominent figures". Kazakhstan History portal. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^ Gaev 2002: 10-15, 53; Sagdeeva 2005: 5, 42, 71; Počekaev 2010a: 155-156, 372; May 2018: 302, 304; for the primary sources, see Judin 1992, Tizengauzen 2006, Vohidov 2006.
^ Olcott, Martha Brill (1987). The Kazakhs. Hoover Press. p. 8. ISBN 9780817993535.

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Sagdeeva, R. Z., Serebrjannye monety hanov Zolotoj Ordy, Moscow, 2005.
Tizengauzen, V. G. (trans.), Sbornik materialov otnosjaščihsja k istorii Zolotoj Ordy. Izvlečenija iz persidskih sočinenii, republished as Istorija Kazahstana v persidskih istočnikah. 4. Almaty, 2006.
Vohidov, Š. H. (trans.), Istorija Kazahstana v persidskih istočnikah. 3. Muʿizz al-ansāb. Almaty, 2006.

Regnal titles
Barak Khan House of Borjigin (Боржигин) (1206–1635)
Preceded by Ulugh Muhammad and Dawlat Berdi	Khan of the Golden Horde 1422–1427	Succeeded by Ulugh Muhammad
Preceded by Hajji Muhammad	Khan of the Blue Horde 1421–1427	Succeeded by Mohammed and Mustafa