Ahmed Khan bin Küchük

Akhmat Khan († January 6, 1481 at the mouth of the Donets ), Ahmed Khan, was from 1465 to 1481 Khan of the Golden Horde.

Akhmat Khan snatched his brother Mahmud Khan's rule, which held this since 1459. 1472 went Akhmat Khan an alliance with the Polish ruler Casimir IV against the Russian ruler Ivan III. one. However, the alliance could not defeat Russia. 1480 organized Akhmat Khan another military campaign against Moscow, which finally after almost noncombat standing on the Ugra led to the end of the Mongol invasion of Russia. The Mongol threat meant the end for Russia once and for all. On January 6, 1481 were Akhmat Khan and his people of Ibaq Khan, the ruler of the Khanate of Sibir, killed at the mouth of the Donets. His successor Ahmed Shaikh was executed as the last ruler of the Golden Horde in Lithuania.

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