Danishmendji (died 1348) was Khan of the
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate, or Chagatai Ulus ( xng, , translit=Čaɣatay-yin Ulus; mn, Цагаадайн улс, translit=Tsagaadain Uls; chg, , translit=Čağatāy Ulusi; fa, , translit=Xânât-e Joghatây) was a Mongol and later Turkicized kh ...
from 1346 to 1348. He was the second Khan of the Chagatai ''ulus'' to be descended from
Ögedei.
In 1346 he was raised to the Khanship by
Amir Qazaghan Qazaghan (died 1358) was the amir of the Qara'unas (1345 at the latest – 1358) and the effective ruler of the Chagatai ''ulus'' (1346–1358).
The following opinions were expressed about the ethnic origin of the Qazaghan: 1) Vasily Bartold wrot ...
, 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
Bayan may refer to:
Eduational Institutions
* Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Chicago, IL
Places
*Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
*Bayan Mountain, an ancient mountain name for part of Tarbagatai Mountains at Kazakhstan in Qing Dynasty period
*Ba ...
, who was a member of the house of
Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan ( Mongolian: ''; Čaɣatay''; mn, Цагадай, translit=Tsagadai; chg, , ''Čaġatāy''; ug, چاغاتاي خان, ''Chaghatay-Xan''; zh, 察合台, ''Chágětái''; fa, , ''Joghatây''; 22 December 1183 – 1 July 1242) ...
.
References
1348 deaths
Chagatai khans
14th-century monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
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