Atalıq were tutors of a

khan Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan * Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...

's children in 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 fragment ...

and later other

Tatar khanates The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

. In some cases they could rule regions or command units if the khan was a minor.

References

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