“The First Ruler of the East Çağatay Khanate: A Study on Tuğluk Timur Han and her Period”
“Doğu Çağatay Hanlığı’nın İlk Hükümdarı: Tuğluk Timur Han ve Dönemi Hakkında Bir İnceleme”

Author : Orhan ÇİNAR
Number of pages : 201-208

Abstract

The ground of the new political formations was prepared by the share of Turkistan lands between their sons while Genghis Khan was still alive. Another son who takes his share of these political formations was Çağatay, who laid the foundations of the Chagatai Khanate. The land that encompasses the whole of Ceyhun was left to the middle of Seyhun, starting from the Altay. This land was covered by a large part of Kashgar, Mevaraünnehir, Yedisu and Cungarya. The territory of Çağatay's stake was long-lasting, Mahmud Yalavaç, and his son Mesud Yalavaç, who had been connected to the Mongolian paper. Therefore, especially in the regions where the Chagatai nation was located, the Chagatai Khans were unable to dominate. The sovereign areas were a pasture, winter and grasslands. Almalık was located in the central Ili basin of Çağatay Khanate. They named it the Uluğ-Ev. When the province and Almalık were occupied by the Mongolian paper, the central Kashga River basin was moved to the opposite city. Algu Han (1261-1266) was the first person to make the conscripts independent. However, with the passage of Kebek Khan (1318-1326) at the beginning of the Khanate in 1318, they could become an independent state by pressing the coins called Kebeki in their name and starting to bind the governors directly to themselves. The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongolian-origin formation, and in time a Turkish-Islamic identity was acquired. In the dynasty, the first Muslim ruler Mubarak Shah (1266) was counted. In the period of Kebek Han (1318-1326), Turkish became almost the official language. However, in the time of the Tarmasirin Khan (1326), the Islami rules were applied instead of the Mongolian law, causing the nomadic elements to rebel, and finally the Khanate split in 1345. After the breakup of the Cagatans, the name Çağatay was used for the western part dominated by Turkish elements. The Turkish, used in Central Asia, was called Cagatayca, although the state power from centuries was stripped of the children of Çağatay. For the nomadic people of East Turkistan, the Mongolian was also beginning to be called Mongolia for the region where the Chagatai dynasty remained.

Keywords

Mongol, Caghatai, Turkistan.

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