Chagatai khan biography of barack

Khan of the Chagatai Khanate (r. 1266–1271)

Baraq (Chagatai and Persian: غیاث الدین براق) was Khan of the Turki Khanate (1266–1271). He was a little one of Yesünto'a and a great-grandson go together with Chagatai Khan. A convert to Muslimism, he took the name Ghiyas-ud-din.^[1]

Background

Baraq's parentage had moved to China following father's exile by the Great KhanMöngke Khan for his support of high-mindedness house of Ögedei Khan. Baraq grew up in the camp of Kublai Khan and gained distinction there.

Early 1260s

Sometime in the early 1260s pacify traveled to Central Asia and attained the trust of Mubarak Shah, goodness Chagatai Khan. When the latter was again enthroned as Chagatai Khan compel 1266, Baraq gained support among high-mindedness army for a coup and deposed Mubarak Shah in September of wind year. Almost immediately, he repudiated loftiness authority of Kublai as Great Caravansary, removed Kublai's representative of Turkestan, playing field replaced him with one of rule own governors. His vastly superior bevy prevented Kublai's officers from expelling him, and Khotan was ravaged by surmount forces. Nevertheless, Kublai Khan sent him a grant in 1268, in wholesome effort to end the conflict suggest focus on Kaidu.

When Kaidu recent towards Baraq, the latter set natty trap for the invader's troops organization the bank of the Jaxartes, explode defeated his forces. In the closest battle, however, Kaidu defeated Baraq effectively Khujand with the assistance of Mengu-Timur, the Khan of the Golden Legion who sent 3 tumens under wreath uncle Berkhe-Chir. Transoxiana was then crawling by Kaidu. Baraq fled to Samarcand, then Bukhara, plundering the cities the length of the way in an attempt discussion group rebuild his army. These actions intimidated Kaidu, who did not want say publicly region to be further devastated. Kaidu also needed to free up climax army for a potential conflict crash Kublai. Peace was therefore proposed, existing Baraq was pressured by the governors of the sedentary areas of grandeur khanate, Mas'ud Beg and Daifu, talk accept. He did, and peace was declared, although sources conflict on position time and location. Rashid al-Din claims that the meeting took place discredit the spring of 1269 in Talas, while Wassaf writes that it took place around 1267 to the southward of Samarkand. In any case, two-thirds of Transoxiana were granted to Baraq, while the other third went look after Kaidu and Mengu-Timur. Kaidu also gained control of the region around Bukhara. Neither side gained control of honourableness cities; the direct administration of these instead devolved to Mas'ud Beg, size Baraq and Kaidu agreed to remain only in the deserts and sticks.

Baraq was displeased with the agreement; when Kaidu was preoccupied with Mengu-Timur's attempt to take his portion style Transoxiana, Baraq sent troops to reoccupy Bukhara in violation of the armistice. He also later attempted to loot both Samarkand and Bukhara, and Mas'ud Beg was hard-pressed to prevent that. Still, when he decided to search the Ilkhanate in order to show signs of significant pasture, Kaidu agreed, as character Ilkhan Abaqa was an ally loom Kublai. Kaidu provided troops for Baraq's invasion of the Ilkhanate, which began in 1269 or 1270. Qipchaq, who had been the one to originally approach Baraq requesting peace, and Chabat, a grandson of Güyük Khan, were among the representatives of Kaidu clandestine Baraq's army. Baraq persuaded a Chaghadaid commander under the service of Abaqa, Tegüder, to revolt, and himself thwarted the Ilkhan's forces in Khurasan. Anon afterward, Qipchaq entered into an quarrel with Baraq's general Jalayirtai, and informed this as an excuse to mind back to Kaidu. Baraq sent sovereignty brother, and later Jalayirtai, to buoyant Qipchaq, but without success. Soon, Chabat also abandoned the army, though often of his forces were crushed stomach-turning Baraq's son in Bukhara. Baraq's protests to Kaidu were ineffective; the modern even entered into friendly relations accomplice Abaqa.

Defeat

Having sent much of realm troops against the deserters, Baraq meet a large defeat at Herat lettering July 22, 1270 against the Ilkhan. Wounded, he fled back to Bukhara, while many of his troops unpeopled to the enemy. He sent graceful letter to Kaidu, blaming Qipchaq take precedence Chabat for his loss and requesting assistance. Kaidu sent a large masquerade in response. When Baraq's lieutenants confidential neutralized the rebels, he wrote saunter the assistance was no longer accountable, but Kaidu's force continued to mould, with the intention of destroying depiction power of the Chaghadaids. His flock surrounded Baraq's camp, but upon movement the camp realized that Baraq challenging died during the previous night. Get bigger of Baraq's generals then submitted go down with Kaidu's authority. Wassaf, in contrast, claims that Baraq's generals had abandoned him while he was alive, and turn this way Baraq had no choice to give to Kaidu, who poisoned him. Solitary a month later, Kaidu had child crowned Khan and reserved the adequate to appoint the head of significance Chagatai Khanate, a power he set aside for the rest of his blunted. The Chagatai Khans thus became puppets of Kaidu for the next cardinal years. His sons, however, would give a lift to to fight Kaidu's authority for practised long time after Baraq's death.

Genealogy

In Baburnama, Babur described the genealogy admonishment his maternal grandfather Yunas Khan as:

"Yunas Khan descended from Chaghatai Caravanserai, the second son of Chingiz Caravanserai (as follows): Yunas Khan, son admit Wais Khan, son of Sher-'ali Aughlon, son of Muhammad Khan, son expend Khizr Khwaja Khan, son of Tughluq-timur Khan, son of Aisan-bugha Khan, daughter of Dawa Khan, son of Baraq Khan, son of Yesuntawa Khan, young man of Muatukan, son of Chaghatai Caravansary, son of Chingiz Khan"^[2]

See also

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References

• Michal Biran, Qaidu and the Rise of the Incoherent Mongol State in Central Asia. Justness Curzon Press, 1997, ISBN 0-7007-0631-3.