Shiban (Sheiban) or Shayban ( mn, Шибан, ''Shiban'', also spelled ''Siban''; uz, Shaybon / Шайбон) was a prince of the early

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 ...

. He was a grandson of Genghis Khan, the fifth son of

Jochi Jochi Khan ( Mongolian: mn, Зүчи, ; kk, Жошы, Joşy جوشى; ; crh, Cuçi, Джучи, جوچى; also spelled Juchi; Djochi, and Jöchi c. 1182– February 1227) was a Mongol army commander who was the eldest son of Temüjin (aka G ...

and a younger brother 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 ...

who founded the Golden Horde. His descendants were the

Shaybanids The Shibanids or Shaybanids ( fa, سلسله شیبانیان) or more accurately the Abu'l-Khayrid-Shibanids were a Persianized''Introduction: The Turko-Persian tradition'', Robert L. Canfield, Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective, ed. Robert L. ...

who became important about two centuries later.

Mongol invasion of Europe

Shiban participated the

Mongol invasion of Europe From the 1220s into the 1240s, the Mongols conquered the Turkic states of Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, Alania, and the Kievan Rus' federation. Following this, they began their invasion into heartland Europe by launching a two-pronged invasion of ...

and made a decisive attack on the army of

Béla IV Béla may refer to: * Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater * Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name See also * Bela (disambiguation) * Belá (disambiguation) * Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá, derived from ''bílá'' (''wh ...

at the

Battle of Mohi The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241), also known as Battle of the Sajó River''A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East'', Vol. I, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 279; "Although Mongol losses in t ...

in 1241.

Territorial grants by the Golden Horde

Because he had not reached his majority when his father died in 1227, he did not receive any lands at that time. Abulghazi says that after this campaign, Batu gave Shiban lands east of the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

on the lower parts of the Syr Darya,

Chu River The Chu (Shu or Chüy) ( kk, Шу, Shu, شۋ; ky, Чүй, Chüy, چۉي; dng, Чў, Chwu (from , ''Chǔ''); russian: Чу, Chu) is a river in Northern Kyrgyzstan and Southern Kazakhstan. Of its total length of ,Sary su Rivers as winter quarters and the lands of the

Ural River The Ural (russian: Урал, ), known before 1775 as Yaik (russian: Яик, ba, Яйыҡ, translit=Yayıq, ; kk, Жайық, translit=Jaiyq, ), is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in the continental border between Europe and Asia ...

flowing off the east side of the Urals, as summer quarters. Shiban was also given 15,000 families as a gift from his brother

Orda Khan Orda Ichen ( Mongolian: c. 1206 – 1251) was a Mongol Khan and military strategist who ruled the eastern part of the Golden Horde (division of the Mongol Empire) during the 13th century. First Khan of the White Horde Orda Ichen (-1251 ...

, as well as the four ''Uruks'' of the Kuchis, the

Naimans The Naiman ( Mongolian: Найман, Naiman, "eight"; ; Kazakh: Найман, Naiman; Uzbek: Nayman) were a medieval tribe originating in the territory of modern Western Mongolia (possibly during the time of the Uyghur Khaganate), and are one o ...

, the

Karluks The Karluks (also Qarluqs, Qarluks, Karluqs, otk, 𐰴𐰺𐰞𐰸, Qarluq, Para-Mongol: Harluut, zh, s=葛逻禄, t=葛邏祿 ''Géluólù'' ; customary phonetic: ''Gelu, Khololo, Khorlo'', fa, خَلُّخ, ''Khallokh'', ar, قارلوق ...

, and the Buiruks, while he assigned him as a camping ground all the country lying between that of his brother Orda Ichin and his own. Thus Shiban's lands were somewhat between Batu's and Orda's and between the Ural mountains and the Caspian Sea.

Descendants

Although it is unknown how long he lived, his descendants continued to rule long after the breakup of the

Ulus of Jochi 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 fragmentat ...

(Golden Horde). It is merely said that he left twelve sons, namely Bainal or Yasal, Behadur, Kadak, Balagha, Cherik or Jerik, Mergen or Surkhan, Kurtugha or Kultuka, Ayachi or Abaji, Sailghan or Sasiltan, Beyanjar or Bayakachar, Majar, and Kunchi or Kuwinji. Shiban's descendants are known as the

; his male line continues down to the present time. One of Shiban's sons, Balagha

Bey Bey ( ota, بك, beğ, script=Arab, tr, bey, az, bəy, tk, beg, uz, бек, kz, би/бек, tt-Cyrl, бәк, translit=bäk, cjs, пий/пек, sq, beu/bej, sh, beg, fa, بیگ, beyg/, tg, бек, ar, بك, bak, gr, μπέης) is ...

(Prince Balagha) assisted

Hulagu Khan Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulegu ( mn, Хүлэгү/ , lit=Surplus, translit=Hu’legu’/Qülegü; chg, ; Arabic: fa, هولاکو خان, ''Holâku Khân;'' ; 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of We ...

in taking

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

in 1258. However, he died in unknown circumstances. According to

William of Rubruck William of Rubruck ( nl, Willem van Rubroeck, la, Gulielmus de Rubruquis; ) was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. He is best known for his travels to various parts of the Middle East and Central Asia in the 13th century, including the ...

, he killed his cousin

Güyük Khan Güyük (also Güyug;; ''c''. March 19, 1206 – April 20, 1248) was the third Khagan-Emperor of the Mongol Empire, the eldest son of Ögedei Khan and a grandson of Genghis Khan. He reigned from 1246 to 1248. Appearance According to Giovann ...

in a violent brawl. A number of Shiban's descendants ascended the throne of the

after the extinction of the line of Batu in 1359, including the thrones of the Golden Horde's successor states, like the

Khanate of Sibir The Khanate of Sibir (also Khanate of Turan, sty, Себер ханлыгы) was a Tatar Khanate located in southwestern Siberia with a Turco-Mongol ruling class. Throughout its history, members of the Shaybanid and Taibugid dynasties often con ...

and the

Uzbek Khanate The Uzbek Khanate ( uz, Oʻzbek xonligi or ''Oʻzbek ulusi / Ўзбек хонлиги or Ўзбек Улуси''), also known as the Abulkhair Khanate was a Shaybanid state preceding the Khanate of Bukhara. During the few years it existed, the ...

. Two sets of Shiban's descendants established themselves in Central Asia, founding the Khanates of

Transoxiana Transoxiana or Transoxania (Land beyond the Oxus) is the Latin name for a region and civilization located in lower Central Asia roughly corresponding to modern-day eastern Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, parts of southern Kazakhstan, parts of Tu ...

(later Bukhara) and Khwarazm (later Khiva). The following is a simplified line of descent to these rulers; generations start with Shiban (as 0); "Grey Horde" (following information in Ötemiš-Ḥājjī) designates the Ulus of Shiban in Bashkiria, but both the designation and the succession are somewhat tentative. For the sake of accuracy and consistency, the names, which are found in a bewildering and inconsistent number of variations, are given below in the Perso-Arabic orthography of the major genealogical sources, the ''Muʿizz al-ansāb'' and the ''Tawārīḫ-i guzīdah-i nuṣrat-nāmah'', in the standard scholarly transcription used in English-language scholarship (e.g., Bosworth 1996). 0 Shiban, 1st khan of the Grey Horde (d. 1248) * 1 Bahadur, 2nd khan of the Grey Horde (d. c. 1280) ** 2 Jochi-Buqa, 3rd khan of the Grey Horde (d. c. 1310) *** 3 Bada-Qul, 4th khan of the Grey Horde **** 4 Ming-Timur, 5th khan of the Grey Horde ***** 5 Pūlād ( Khayr-Pūlād), 6th khan of the Grey Horde, later Golden Horde 1362-1365 ****** 6 Ibrāhīm, 7th khan of the Grey Horde ******* 7 Khiḍr, 1st Uzbek khan and Sibir 1428-1429 ******* 7 Dawlat-Shaykh ******** 8 Abu'l-Khayr, 2nd Uzbek khan 1429-1469; of Sibir 1429-1431; of

Khwarazm Khwarazm (; Old Persian: ''Hwârazmiya''; fa, خوارزم, ''Xwârazm'' or ''Xârazm'') or Chorasmia () is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the (former) Aral Sea, on the ea ...

1462-1464 ********* 9 Shāh-Būdāq ********** 10 Shāh-Bakht Muḥammad (Muḥammad Shaybānī), 1st Shaybanid khan of

1500-1510 *********** 11 Khurram-Shāh of Balkh (d. 1511) *********** 11 Suyūnch-Muḥammad ************ 12 Yār-Muḥammad of Bukhara (d. 1554) *********** 11 Muḥammad-Tīmūr of

Samarqand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top: Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zin ...

(d. 1514) ********** 10 Maḥmūd-Shāh *********** 11 ʿUbaydallāh, 4th khan of Transoxiana 1533-1540 ************ 12 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bukhara, 7th khan of

1539-1540 (d. 1549) ************ 12 Muḥammad-Raḥīm ************* 13 Burkhān-Sulṭān of Bukhara (d. 1557) ********* 9 Shaykh-Ḥaydar, 4th Uzbek khan 1472-1473 ********** 10 Khush-Ḥaydar, 5th Uzbek khan 1473 ********* 9 Sayyid-Bābā, 6th Uzbek khan 1473-1480 ********* 9 Kūchkūnchī-Muḥammad, 2nd khan of Transoxiana 1512-1530 ********** 10 Abū-Saʿīd, 3rd khan of Transoxiana 1530-1533 *********** 11 Sulṭān-Saʿīd of Samarqand (d. 1572) *********** 11 Jawānmard-ʿAlī of Samarqand (d. 1578) ************ 12 Abu'l-Khayr of Samarqand (d. 1578) ********** 10 ʿAbdallāh I, 5th khan of Transoxiana 1540 ********** 10 ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, 6th khan of Transoxiana 1540-1552 *********** 11 Muḥammad-Ibrāhīm (Gadāy) of Samarqand (d. after 1568) ********* 9 Suyūnchuk-Khwājah of

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

(d. 1525) ********** 10 Kīldī-Muḥammad of Tashkent (d. 1532) ********** 10 Nawrūz-Aḥmad (Barāq), 7th khan of Transoxiana 1552-1556 *********** 11 Darwīsh of Tashkent (d. 1578) *********** 11 Bābā-Sulṭān of Samarqand and Tashkent (d. 1582) ********* 9 Khwājah-Muḥammad ********** 10 Jānī-Beg *********** 11 Kīstan-Qarā of Balkh (d. 1544) ************ 12 Qīlīch-Qarā of Balkh (d. after 1546) *********** 11 Pīr-Muḥammad I, 8th khan of Transoxiana 1556-1561 (d. 1567) ************ 12 Dīn-Muḥammad of Balkh (d. 1578) *********** 11 Iskandar, 9th khan of Transoxiana 1561-1583 ************ 12 ʿAbdallāh II, 10th khan of Transoxiana 1583-1598 ************* 13 ʿAbd al-Muʾmin, 11th khan of Transoxiana 1598 ************ 12 ʿIbād-Allāh of Samarqand (d. 1585) ************* 13 Yādigār of Samarqand (d. by 1598) ************* 13 ʿAbd al-Amīn of Balkh (d. 1600) ************ 12 Dūst-Muḥammad (Dūstūm) of Tashkent (d. 1586) ************ 12 Zihr-bānū Begum, married Jānī-Muḥammad b. Yār-Muḥammad, Ashtarkhanid khan of Transoxiana 1600-1603 *********** 11 Rustam ************ 12 Ūz-Beg of Tashkent (d. 1598) ************* 13 Khazārā (d. 1598) *********** 11 Sulaymān ************ 12 Pīr-Muḥammad II, 12th khan of Transoxiana 1598-1599 ************ 12 Maḥmūd-Sulṭān ************* 13 ʿUbaydallāh of Balkh (d. 1605) ********** 10 Būbāy *********** 11 Kipak ************ 12 Muḥammad-Ibrāhīm of Balkh (d. 1601) ************ 12 Sayyid-Muḥammad ************* 13 Sayyid-Jahāngīr of Tashkent (d. after 1601) ****** 6 ʿArab-Shāh, 8th khan of the Grey Horde, later Golden Horde (d. after 1380) ******* 7 Tūqluq-Ḥājjī, 9th khan of the Grey Horde ******** 8 Tīmūr-Shaykh ********* 9 Yādigār, 3rd Uzbek khan 1469-1472 ********** 10 Barkā (d. c. 1482) *********** 11 Īlbārs I, 1st Shaybanid khan of

1512-1518 ********** 10 Balbārs *********** 11 ''Sulṭān-Ḥājjī'', 2nd khan of Khwarazm 1518-1519 ********** 10 Abūlaq *********** 11 Ḥasan-Qulī (Ḥusayn-Qulī), 3rd khan of Khwarazm 1519-1524 ********** 10 Amīnaq *********** 11 Ṣufiyān, 4th khan of Khwarazm 1524-1535 ************ 12 Yūnus, 11th khan of Khwarazm 1556-1557 *********** 11 Buchugha, 5th khan of Khwarazm 1535-1537 ************ 12 Dūst-Muḥammad, 12th khan of Khwarazm 1557-1558 *********** 11 Awānish, 6th khan of Khwarazm 1537-1539 ************ 12 Dīn-Muḥammad, 8th khan of Khwarazm 1540 *********** 11 Qāl, 9th khan of Khwarazm 1540-1549 *********** 11 Aqāṭāy, 10th khan of Khwarazm 1549-1556 ************ 12 Ḥājjī-Muḥammad I, 13th khan of Khwarazm 1558-1592, 1593-1595, 1598-1602 ************* 13 ʿArab-Muḥammad, 14th khan of Khwarazm 1602-1621 (d. 1622) ************** 14 Ḥabash, 15th (co-)khan of Khwarazm 1621-1623 (at Urgench) ************** 14 Īlbārs II, 15th (co-)khan of Khwarazm 1621-1623 (at Khiva) ************** 14 Isfandiyār, 16th khan of Khwarazm 1623-1642 ************** 14 Abū'l-Ghāzī I, 17th khan of Khwarazm 1642-1663 (d. 1664) *************** 15 Anūshā-Muḥammad, 18th khan of Khwarazm 1663-1685 **************** 16 Khudādād, 19th khan of Khwarazm 1685-1688 **************** 16 Muḥammad-Ārang, 20th khan of Khwarazm 1688-1690 (the descent of the 21st-33rd khans is unclear) **************** 16 Yādigār-Muḥammad, 34th khan of Khwarazm 1712-1713 (d. 1714) (the descent of subsequent khans is unclear) ************ 12 Pūlād ************* 13 Bābā-Sulṭān (d. 1595) ********** 10 Abūqāy (d. c. 1535) *********** 11 Ismāʿīl (d. 1545) ***** 5 Beg-Qundī ****** 6 Ḥasan-Beg of the Golden Horde 1368-1369 (d. after 1376) ****** 6 ʿAlī ******* 7 Ḥājjī-Muḥammad of Sibir 1419-1421, of the Golden Horde 1419-1423 ******** 8 Maḥmūd (Maḥmūdāq) of Sibir 1431-1464 ********* 9 Ibrāhīm (Ibāq) of Sibir by 1473-1495 ********** 10 Kūlūk-Sulṭān of Sibir 1502-1511 *********** 11 Jagīr of Sibir 1511-by 1530 *********** 11 Murtaḍā ************ 12 Aḥmad Girāy of Sibir 1563 ************ 12 Qūchūm of Sibir 1563-1598 (d. 1600) ************* 13 ʿAlī of Sibir 1598-1608 (d. 1647) ************** 14 Arslān of

Kasimov Kasimov (russian: Каси́мов; tt-Cyrl, Касыйм;, Ханкирмән,Ханкирмән, Хан-Кермень, means "Khan's fortress" historically Gorodets Meshchyorsky, Novy Nizovoy) is a town in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the ...

1614-1627, married Fāṭima-Sulṭān of Kasimov 1679-1681 *************** 15 Sayyid-Burhān of Kasimov 1627-1679 ************* 13 Īsh-Muḥammad (Īshīm) of Sibir 1608-1625 ************** 14 Abūlī Girāy of Sibir 1625-1636 (d. 1650) ************* 13 Chuwāq ************** 14 Dawlat Girāy of Sibir 1636-1659 ********* 9 Muḥammad (Mamūq) of Sibir 1495-1497; Kazan 1495-1496 (d. 1502) ********** 10 Aghlāq of Sibir 1497-1502 ******** 8 Sayyid-Aḥmad (Sayyidāq) of Sibir 1464-after 1468 ***** 5 Īl-Beg of the Golden Horde 1373-1374 ****** 6 Qāghān-Beg of the Golden Horde 1375-1377 (d. after 1380) ******* 7 Maḥmūd-Khwāja of Sibir and the Golden Horde 1428-1430 ***** 5 Suyūnch-Tīmūr ****** 6 Suyūnch-Bāy ******* 7 Bābā ******** 8 Ṣūfī ********* 9 Jūmādaq of Sibir 1426-1428 * 1 Salghan ** 2 Qutluq-Tīmūr *** 3 Būrāldāy **** 4 Balīq ***** 5 Tūn-Khwāja ****** 6 ʿAzīz-Shaykh of the Golden Horde 1364-1367 * 1 Qadaq ** 2 Töle-Buqa *** 3 Mangqutai **** 4 Khiḍr Khan of the Golden Horde 1360-1361 ***** 5 Tīmūr-Khwāja of the Golden Horde 1361 **** 4 Murād of the Golden Horde 1361-1363

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