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Kildi Beg ( Turki / Kypchak: کلدی بک ; died 1362) was Khan of the Golden Horde in 1361–1362, having replaced his rival Ordu Malik . The origins and identity of the khan who reigned under the name Kildi Beg pose problems. A prince of this name was a son of Iran Beg, son of Khan Öz Beg, according to the comprehensive genealogical ...
Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; c. 1162 — 25 August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [ a] was the founder and first khagan of the Mongol Empire, which later became the largest contiguous land empire in history. Having spent the majority of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns which conquered large ...
Irene Zubaida Khan (born 24 December 1956) is a Bangladeshi lawyer appointed as of August 2020 to be the United Nations Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion, the first woman appointed to this mandate. [1] She previously served as the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2001 to 2009).
The Safavid Shahs who ruled Iran between 1501 and 1722 descended from Sheikh Safi ad-Din of Ardabil (1252–1334). Sheikh Safi and his immediate successors were renowned as holy ascetics Sufis. Their own origins were obscure; probably of Kurdish or Iranian extraction, they later claimed descent from the Prophet. Roemer, H. R (1986).
Zabardust Khan. Zabardust Khan or Zabardust Khan Tanoli also known by his nick-name Suba Khan Tanoli (died 1797) was a chieftain of the Hindkowan Tanoli tribe, of Hazara region, in 18th century India. [1] This area is now part of North-West Pakistan. Zabardust Khan was appointed a nazim (area administrator) in upper Hazara, Kashmir by the ...
Aq Qoyunlu. Father. Fakhr-ud-Din Qutlugh. Mother. Maria Comnene of Trebizond. Uthman Beg or Osman Beg ( Azerbaijani: Qara Yuluq Osman Bəy; Turkish: Kara Yülük Osman Bey; 1356 – 1435) was a late 14th and early 15th-century leader of the Turkoman [1] tribal federation of Aq Qoyunlu in what is now eastern Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Iraq .
Nogai, or Noğay ( / noʊˈɡaɪ /; also spelled Nogay, Nogaj, Nohai, Nokhai, Noqai, [2] Ngoche, Noche, Kara Nokhai, and Isa Nogai; [3] died 1299/1300) was a general and kingmaker [4] of the Golden Horde. His grandfather was Bo'al/Baul/Teval, the seventh son of Jochi. Though he never formally ruled the Golden Horde himself, he was effectively ...
