Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia (1240s)

Name: Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia (1240s)
Start: 1241
End: 1250

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1241–1250

In the 1240s the Chagatai Khanate controlled Transoxiana and lands north and south of the Tianshan as one of the Mongol Empire's four khanates, ruled…

Timeline

1241–1246Transoxiana · Central AsiaAfter the Chagatai khan's death, Qara Hülegü seized power around 1242, ruling Transoxiana and the Seven Rivers region. When Güyük was elected great khan in 1246, power within the Chagatai line was redistributed and Yesü Möngke subsequently succeeded as Chagatai khan.
1246–1250Chagatai Khanate · Central AsiaDuring Yesü Möngke's reign the Chagatai Khanate maintained control over vast Central Asian territories, administering tribute systems among steppe nomadic peoples and the settled agricultural zones of Transoxiana. After Güyük took the great khanate in 1246, the Chagatai Khanate participated in imperial politics as an important western vassal of the empire.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods — J. A. Boyle (1968)
The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia — René Grousset (1970)