Fragmentation of the Chagatai Khanate

Name: Fragmentation of the Chagatai Khanate
Start: 1330
End: 1340

Type Event Region Central Asia Time 1330–1340

In the 1330s, following the death of Kebek Khan, the Chagatai Khanate fell into succession disputes and gradually split into two political blocs cent…

Timeline

1330–1332Near the capital of the Chagatai Khanate · Central AsiaAfter the death of Kebek Khan, fierce struggles erupted among the Chagatai tribes over succession to the khanate; central authority rapidly weakened and local powers began acting on their own.
1334Samarkand · UzbekistanAround 1334, Tarmashirin Khan in Transoxiana and Ilyas Timur in Moghulistan each proclaimed themselves khan; the division between Western and Eastern Chagatai was essentially established, and the khanate existed in name only.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Chinggisid Age — David Morgan (2009)
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition: Chaghatay Khanate https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/