Danishmendji

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Danishmendji
Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate
Reign1346–1348
Predecessor Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur
Successor Bayan Qulï (as Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate)
Tughlugh Timur (as Khan of Moghulistan)
Bornunknown
Died1348
Issue Soyurgatmish
Father Kaidu [1]

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

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

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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