Tuqachar Barlas or, Tuqhachar Barlas also known as Tughachar Barlas, full name Tuqachar Kuregan Barlas, ( Mongolian: Тукачар Куреган Барлас d. November 1221) was majorly mentioned in '' The Secret History of Mongols'', he was a

Borjigin A Borjigin, ; ; russian: Борджигин, Bordžigin; English plural: Borjigins or Borjigid (from Middle Mongolian);''Histoire des campagnes de Gengis Khan'', p. 119. Manchu plural: is a member of the Mongol sub-clan, which started with Bo ...

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and

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 ...

Military Commander from Regiment of during the Siege of Nishapur in 1221,Igor de Rachewiltz, ''The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century'' (Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands) at xxvi. he was the son of Suqu Sechen, son-in-law to

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

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, he was the brother of Qarachar the founder of Barlas confederation, and Qubilai who was a companion of Genghis Khan. He was killed with an arrow during the Siege of Nishapur. He was the direct paternal ancestry-uncle of

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 ...

the

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n conquer who founded the Timurid Empire.B.F. Manz, ''The rise and rule of Tamerlan'',

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, Cambridge 1989, p. 28: "... We know definitely that the leading clan of the Barlas tribe traced its origin to Qarachar Barlas, head of one of Chaghadai's regiments ... These then were the most prominent members of the Ulus Chaghadai: the old Mongolian tribes — Barlas, Arlat, Soldus and Jalayir ..."

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{{Reflist Mongol Empire people Generals of the Mongol Empire Borjigin 13th-century Mongols 1221 deaths Date of birth unknown

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