Nogai

Timeline

1. c. 1230–1270Steppe of the lower Volga · Lower VolgaNogai was a collateral descendant of Genghis Khan who rose to prominence in Batu's western campaign and subsequent conquests of Eastern Europe. From the 1260s he led his troops garrisoning the western Golden Horde, intervened in the affairs of the Russian principalities, and gradually accumulated independent military and political power.
2. c. 1270–1299Northern coast of the Sea of Azov · Northern Black Sea coastFor nearly thirty years he effectively controlled the western Golden Horde, enthroning khans such as Tokhta Temür, intervening in Byzantine and Balkan politics, and contending with the Ilkhanate and Hungarian frontier powers. His conflict with the newly enthroned Khan Tokhta intensified in the 1290s, and he was defeated and killed in a decisive battle in 1299.