Tokhtamysh
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Tokhtamysh was a late 14th-century khan of the Golden Horde who briefly reunited its territories and clashed with the Central Asian conqueror Timur.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tokhtamysh canonical | 13 |
| Tokhtamysh–Timur war | 4 |
| Tokhtamysh (disputed/legendary descent) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Tokhtamysh Context triple: [Timur, defeated, Tokhtamysh]
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A.
Nogai Khan
Nogai Khan was a powerful Mongol general and de facto ruler in the western part of the Golden Horde during the late 13th century.
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Nogai
Nogai is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Nogai people of the North Caucasus region in Russia.
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Timur
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.
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D.
Hacı I Giray
Hacı I Giray was the 15th-century khan who established the Crimean Khanate and the ruling Giray dynasty.
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E.
Muhammad Shaybani
Muhammad Shaybani was a prominent Uzbek military leader and khan who unified various Uzbek tribes and founded a powerful dynasty in Central Asia in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tokhtamysh Target entity description: Tokhtamysh was a late 14th-century khan of the Golden Horde who briefly reunited its territories and clashed with the Central Asian conqueror Timur.
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A.
Nogai Khan
Nogai Khan was a powerful Mongol general and de facto ruler in the western part of the Golden Horde during the late 13th century.
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B.
Nogai
Nogai is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Nogai people of the North Caucasus region in Russia.
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C.
Timur
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.
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D.
Hacı I Giray
Hacı I Giray was the 15th-century khan who established the Crimean Khanate and the ruling Giray dynasty.
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E.
Muhammad Shaybani
Muhammad Shaybani was a prominent Uzbek military leader and khan who unified various Uzbek tribes and founded a powerful dynasty in Central Asia in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
14th-century monarch
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Golden Horde ruler ⓘ Turco-Mongol ruler ⓘ khan ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| ally | Timur ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Pontic–Caspian steppe
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Volga region ⓘ |
| branchOf | Tuka-Timur branch of the Jochids ⓘ |
| conflict |
Campaigns against Moscow
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Internal struggles of the Golden Horde ⓘ Siege of Moscow (1382) ⓘ Tokhtamysh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tokhtamysh–Timur war
Wars with Timur ⓘ |
| countryOfRule |
Golden Horde
ⓘ
Blue Horde ⓘ
surface form:
White Horde
|
| dynasty | Jochid dynasty ⓘ |
| enemy | Timur ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turco-Mongol ⓘ |
| father | Tuy Khwaja ⓘ |
| floruit |
1370s
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1380s ⓘ 1390s ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Eurasian Steppe ⓘ |
| houseOrClan | House of Jochi ⓘ |
| influenced |
Political development of the Golden Horde
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Rus principalities ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Clashes with Timur
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Leadership of the Golden Horde ⓘ Reunification of fragmented Horde territories ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Kipchak languages
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surface form:
Kipchak Turkic
|
| memberOf |
Golden Horde
ⓘ
Blue Horde ⓘ
surface form:
White Horde
|
| notableAchievement |
Brief reunification of the Golden Horde under his authority
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Restoration of centralized power in the Golden Horde ⓘ Tokhtamysh’s sack of Moscow (1382) ⓘ
surface form:
Sack of Moscow in 1382
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| notableEvent |
Battle of the Kondurcha River
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Battle of the Terek River ⓘ Timurid conquests ⓘ
surface form:
Invasion of the Timurid Empire
Reunification of the Golden Horde territories ⓘ |
| notableOpponent | Timur ⓘ |
| notableWork | Reunification of the Golden Horde ⓘ |
| occupation | khan of the Golden Horde ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Khan of the Golden Horde
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Khan of the Golden Horde ⓘ
surface form:
Khan of the White Horde
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| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 14th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Tokhtamysh Description of subject: Tokhtamysh was a late 14th-century khan of the Golden Horde who briefly reunited its territories and clashed with the Central Asian conqueror Timur.
Referenced by (18)
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