Akhmat Khan
Akhmat Khan , completely Achmed Chan bin Kütschük (also Ahmed Khan ; † January 6, 1481 at the mouth of the Donets ), was from 1465 to 1481 Khan of the Golden Horde .
Akhmat Khan wrested the rule from his brother Mahmud Khan , which he had held since 1459. In 1472 Akhmat Khan entered into an alliance with the Polish ruler Casimir IV against the Russian ruler Ivan III. a. However, the alliance could not defeat Russia. In 1480 Akhmat Khan organized another campaign against Moscow, which eventually led to the end of the Mongol invasion of Russia after standing almost without a fight on the Ugra . The Mongol threat to Russia was thus over once and for all. On January 6, 1481, Akhmat Khan and his people were killed by Ibaq Khan , the ruler of the Sibir Khanate , at the mouth of the Donets . His successor Saih Ahmed was executed as the last ruler of the Golden Horde in Lithuania.
literature
- Yevgeny Zhukov and others: Sovetskaya istoritscheskaja enziklopedija: Tom 1 . Sovetskaya enziklopedija, Moscow 1961, col. 1008-1009. (Russian)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Akhmat Khan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ahmed Khan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Khan of the Golden Horde (1465–1481) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1481 |
| Place of death | Mouth of the Donets |