Genghisids

Genghisids (also Chinggisids) were the direct descendants of the Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan (* between 1155 and 1167; † 1227).

Many Asian dynasties derived from Genghis Khan, including

• The Yuan Dynasty in China , 1271-1368, founded by Kublai Khan , a grandson of Genghis Khan
• The Ilkhane in Persia , 1256 - 1335, founded by the general Hülegü , a grandson of Genghis Khan
• The rulers of the Golden Horde , 1236-1360, founded by Prince Batu , a grandson of Genghis Khan.
  • The rulers of splits from the Golden Horde:
  • Kazan Khanate , 1438 - 1552, founded by Ulug Mehmed
  • Khanate of Crimea , 1441 - 1783/92, founded by Hacı Giray , with consanguinity to Toktamish
  • Orda Horde , 1242 - 15th century, founded by Orda Khan , a grandson of Genghis Khan
  • Blue Horde , part of the Golden Horde, founder was Dschötschi , a son of Genghis Khan
  • White Horde , 1242-15th century
    • Kazakh Khanate , 15th - 19th centuries, as the successor to the White Horde
  • After the line of Batus died out in the Golden Horde, fought among others. a. the Scheibanids for power, but were ousted. They then put the rulers in:
    • Khiva Khanate , 1512 to 1920
    • Uzbek Khanate , founded in the 15th century by Uzbek Khan
    • Sibir Khanate , 14th - 15th centuries
  • Another line were the Tuqay-Timurids , who ruled in Astrakhan and later in Bukhara ; they invoked Tuqa Timur
• The rulers of various khanates of the Mongols:
  • Northern Yuan , 1368--1634, the Yuan who fled China
  • Chagatai Khanate , 13th - 16th century, founded by Chagatai Khan , the second son of Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan belonged to the tribe of Mongghol , the clan of Bordschigin (Wild Duck people) and Unterklan the Qiyat (Kiryat). His eldest son was Dschötschi (* 1183, † 1227), the second Tschagatai (* around 1186, † 1242), the third Ögedei (* 1186/89, † 1241), the fourth Tolui (* around 1191, † 1232).

Bordschigin (Mongolian: Боржигин, Borjigin ; ᠪᠣᠷᠵᠢᠭᠢᠨ; Russian: Борджигин, Bordžigin ) names a more extensive voting line and refers to the Mongolian warrior Bodonchar Munkhag (* 850, † 900), from whom Timur Lenk is said to have descended in addition to Genghis Khan .

A direct descent was an advantage or even a prerequisite for assuming power.

See also

• Tribe list of the descendants of Genghis Khan

Individual evidence

1. ^ Thomas Welsford: Four Types of Loyalty in Early Modern Central Asia: the Tūqāy-Timūrid takeover of greater Mā Warā al-Nahr, 1598-1605; Brill publishing house; Leiden, Boston 2013, p. 290