Tumbinai Khan, Tumbinai Setsen or, Timurids say Tumanay Khan (

Mongol The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member of ...

: Тумбинай хаан, Тумбинай сэцэн, Туманай хаан; died 1130 CE.) was the Khan of the Borjigin Imperial mongol tribe. He lived during the 11th and 12th Centuries. His son and successor Khabul Khan was the founder of the Khamag Mongol after his death. His second son Khaduli agreed with his brother Khabul Khan. Tumbinai was a great-great-grandfather of

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

founder of the

Mongol empire The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous land empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, ...

, through his eldest son Khabul Khan and the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of

Amir Timur Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...

who was the foundation of the Timurid empire at

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through his second son Khaduli through his great-grandson

Qarachar Barlas Qarachar Noyan (1166 – 1243/44 or 1255/56), also spelt Karachar, was a Mongol military commander under Genghis Khan as well as a paternal ancestor of Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire. Though there is little mention of him in early sources, ...

who created Barlas Confederacy Clan. He was the son and successor of Baishinkhur Dogshin who was the son of Kaidu Khan.

Life

He born around 11th Century AD. At this time the Mongol reach was rapidly growing. The

Liao dynasty The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: ''Mos Jælud''; ), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: ''Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur''), officially the Great Liao (), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü ...

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always threatened the

Mongols The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal membe ...

, so he paid tribute to the emperor. After his death his eldest son Khabul Khan succeeded him and united the Mongol tribes, forming a Khamag Mongol Confederacy and becoming the first Khan of Mongol. Khabul fought and defeated Liao's forces. he is the great-great-great-great-grandson of

Bodonchar Munkhag Bodonchar Munkhag (Mongol: Бодончар Мөнх, ; died 10th Century CE.) was a renowned Mongol warlord and a direct ancestor of Genghis Khan as well as of the Barlas Mongols, the tribe of the Central Asian warlord Timur. According to the ...

who made the foundation of the Borjigin Clan and lived in the 10th Century. Munkhag's other famous descendent great-great-grandson

Qarachar Noyan Qarachar Noyan (1166 – 1243/44 or 1255/56), also spelt Karachar, was a Mongol military commander under Genghis Khan as well as a paternal ancestor of Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire. Though there is little mention of him in early sources, ...

created the

Barlas The Barlas ( mn, Barulās, script=Latn;Grupper, S. M. ‘A Barulas Family Narrative in the Yuan Shih: Some Neglected Prosopographical and Institutional Sources on Timurid Origins.’ Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 8 (1992–94): 11–97 Chagatay/ ...

Mongol Confederacy Clan, who became Regent Minister of Chagatai khanate.

References

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