The Role of Nogai in the Golden Horde: A Reassessment
The Role of Nogai in the Golden Horde: A Reassessment
Author(s): Jack R. WilsonSubject(s): 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Nogai; Golden Horde; Möngke-Temür; Töde-Möngke; Toqta; Rashīd al-Dīn; Mongol successions; Mongol-Mamluk relations
Summary/Abstract: This paper offers a reexamination of the role of Nogai (c.1237–1300) in the Golden Horde. Commonly portrayed as an almighty khanmaker appointing the Jochid khans at will, I argue that this is a creation of the secondary literature. Instead, based on a rereading of the relevant primary sources, I argue for a far more limited role of Nogai within the Horde’s politics. While influential as both a military commander (first as beylerbeyi and then tammachi) and as the elder member of the Jochid lineage (aqa), Nogai’s power over the Horde was never as great as the scholarship has consistently portrayed.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 75/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 609-637
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English