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13-702: He was one of the three sons of Ahmed Khan bin Küchük , the man who lost Russia in 1480. After the assassination of Ahmed Khan in 1481, his sons feuded for power and it only further weakened the Horde. The Horde, then allied with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , was fighting with the Crimean Khanate , allied with the Grand Duchy of Moscow . In 1500, the Muscovite–Lithuanian War resumed. Lithuania once again allied with

26-690: A bargaining chip in negotiations with the Crimean Khanate: if the Khanate did not behave, Sheikh Ahmed would be released and would resume his war with the Khanate. Meñli I Giray became a reluctant ally of Lithuania. Sheikh Ahmed was held in Vilnius Upper Castle , Trakai and moved to Kaunas Castle after an escape attempt. After the Battle of Olshanitsa in January 1527, Sheikh Ahmed was released from prison. It

39-541: A conflict became inevitable. Panic set in, as both sides suddenly turned, deciding to flee rather than fight in the tradition of Genghis Khan. The Horde's retreat meant that the last of the conflict between Eurasians was over. The Mongols' last possessions were in Kazan , Astrakhan , and Crimea . Ivan III, Russia's ruler, finally freed it from Tatar - Mongol overlords. On 6 January 1481, Ahmed Khan and his men were killed by Siberian Khan , Ibak Khan of Tyumen and Nogays at

52-430: A member of an Asian royal house is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to Central Asian history is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Timurid dynasty The Timurid dynasty , self-designated as Gurkani ( Persian : گورکانیان , romanized :  Gūrkāniyān ), was a Sunni Muslim dynasty or Barlās clan of Turco-Mongol origin descended from

65-605: Is said that he managed to seize power in the Astrakhan Khanate . He died around 1529. Ahmed Khan bin K%C3%BCch%C3%BCk Ahmed Khan bin Küchük ( Turki and Persian : احمد خان) was Khan of the Great Horde from 1465 to 1481. In 1465, Ahmed Khan seized power in the Horde by rising against his brother Mahmud bin Küchük , who had been its ruler since 1459. In 1472, Ahmed Khan entered into alliance with

78-709: The Mongol Empire . After the Mongol conquest of Central Asia , the Barlas settled in what is today southern Kazakhstan , from Shymkent to Taraz and Almaty , which then came to be known for a time as Moghulistan – "Land of Mongols" in Persian – and intermingled to a considerable degree with the local Turkic and Turkic-speaking population, so that at the time of Timur's reign the Barlas had become thoroughly Turkicized in terms of language and habits. Additionally, by adopting Islam ,

91-595: The Polish king Casimir IV against Ivan III of Russia . In 1476, Ahmed Khan suggested to Ivan III that he should recognize him as his overlord. However, the balance of forces was not in the Horde's favour. In 1480, Ahmed Khan organized another military campaign against Muscovy, which would result in the Great Stand on the Ugra River , 150 miles from Moscow. They stood off shouting at one another on opposite banks for weeks before

104-804: The Timurid Renaissance , and they were strongly influenced by Persian culture and established two significant empires in history, the Timurid Empire (1370–1507) based in Persia and Central Asia , and the Mughal Empire (1526–1857) based in the Indian subcontinent . The origin of the Timurid dynasty goes back to the Mongol tribe known as Barlas , who were remnants of the Mongol army of Genghis Khan , founder of

117-701: The Great Horde. In 1501, Khan Sheikh Ahmed attacked Muscovite forces near Rylsk , Novhorod-Siverskyi , and Starodub . According to the accounts of the Bychowiec Chronicle Sheikh Ahmed gave the rule of these occupied cities to the Lithuanian diplomat of Ruthenian origin Michał Chalecki. These territories were held by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania prior to the war of 1500-1503. Sheikh Ahmed would spend

130-549: The following winter of 1501-1502 camping between Kyiv and Chernihiv . Lithuanian Grand Duke Alexander Jagiellon was preoccupied with his succession in the Kingdom of Poland and did not participate in the campaign, failing to provide necessary support. A harsh winter combined with burning of the steppe by Meñli I Giray , Khan of the Crimean Khanate, resulted in famine among Sheikh Ahmed's forces. Many of his men deserted him and

143-612: The mouth of the Donets River . Ahmed Khan's wife was the Timurid princess Badi' al-Jamal, a sister of Sultan Husayn Bayqara of Khorasan . Through this marriage he had two sons, Mahmud Khan and Bahadur Khan, as well as a daughter, Khanzada Khanum. However, Badi' al-Jamal eventually left the Golden Horde and returned with her children to her brother's court in Herat . This biography of

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156-604: The remainder was defeated on the Sula River in June 1502. Sheikh Ahmed was forced into exile. He sought refuge at the Ottoman Empire , Nogai Horde or an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Moscow, before turning to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Instead of helping its former ally, the Grand Duchy imprisoned Sheikh Ahmed. He was arrested in Kyiv in late 1503 or early 1504. Sheikh Ahmed was used as

169-527: The warlord Timur (also known as Tamerlane). The word "Gurkani" derives from "Gurkan", a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "Kuragan" meaning "son-in-law". This was an honorific title used by the dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of Genghis Khan , founder of the Mongol Empire , as Timur had married Saray Mulk Khanum , a direct descendant of Genghis Khan . Members of the Timurid dynasty signaled

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