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Temür Qutlugh

Type Figure Region Golden Horde Time c. 1370–1399 Also known as Temür Qutlugh Khan

Temür Qutlugh (c. 1370–1399) was a Jochid khan of the late Golden Horde who allied with Edigu, emir of the Manghit, replaced Tokhtamysh's faction in …

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  1. 1391–1397Sarai-Juk · lower VolgaTemür Qutlugh was a descendant of the Tuqa-Timur line and formed an alliance with Edigu, gradually gaining control of the region east of the Volga in the power vacuum created by the war between Tokhtamysh and the Timurid Empire, and in 1396–1397 drove out Kuyurchuk, a Timurid client, and seized the traditional capital Sarai.
  2. 1397–1399Vorskla River · UkraineIn 1399 the combined forces of Temür Qutlugh and Edigu defeated Tokhtamysh and Vytautas of Lithuania at the Vorskla River, further weakening Tokhtamysh's power. Thereafter he led his army to raid Russian cities and demanded ransoms from Kiev and elsewhere, but died suddenly around the end of 1399, the throne passing to his sons Burak and Timur among others.

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