Boraqchin Khatun was an Alchi Tatar woman. Now Alchi Tatar are known as Alchin. This is a tribe of Turkic peoples (Kazakhs). Chinese called them Alchi Tatars, but they called themselves Alchin for women and Alchitai for men.
She was the chief or senior wife of
Batu Khan
Batu Khan ( – 1255),, ''Bat haan'', tt-Cyrl, Бату хан; ; russian: хан Баты́й was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis Kh ...
, and probably the mother of
Sartaq Khan
Sartaq (or Sartak, Sartach, mn, Сартаг, tt-Cyrl, Сартак) Khan (died 1257) was the son of Batu Khan and Regent Dowager Khatun Boraqchin of Alchi Tatar.Rashid al-Din - Universal History, see: ''Tale of Jochids'' Sartaq succeeded B ...
. In 1257, she served as
regent
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
of the
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragme ...
on behalf of
Ulaghchi
Ulaghchi (Ulaqchi or Ulavchii) Khan ( mn, Улаагч Хаан, tt-Cyrl, Улакчы хан) (died 1257) was the third khan of the Blue Horde and Golden Horde, ruling for less than a year in 1257.
Life
It is not clear whether Ulaghchi was t ...
, who was Sartaq's son and probably her grandson.
After Ulaghchi's death,
Berke ousted Boraqchin and took control of the Golden Horde.
References
Women of the Mongol Empire
13th-century women rulers
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