Tarmashirin

Life

Tarmashirin was probably a son of Khan Du'a (reigned 1282-1306 ) and came in inner power struggles with two rivals to the throne. His reign lasted from about 1327 until he was deposed and executed in 1334.

Tarmashirin was to the chagrin of traditional Mongols from the Ili area a zealous Muslim, replaced the Yasa in his kingdom by the Shari'a and resided continuously in Transoxiana, where he was followed by many Mongolians because of the feud award. Here is the settled life, Islam and urban culture was much more strongly represented what was not limited to the nomads without influence. Tarmaschirins 's predecessor, his brother Kebek (r. 1309, 1318-26 ) had a settled favored by in territorially limited administrative districts " zusammenpferchte " the nomads. Tarmashirin continued this policy continued and even increased.

The Khan led two wars, one against Abu Sa'id Ilkhan and one against the Sultan of Delhi ( 1326/1327 ). He also received the traveler Ibn Battuta, however, which expressed itself not only low on the state of his country.

Buzan, the son of ousted predecessor placed himself at the head of the opposition of the Ili region and defeated the Khan at Quzi Mandaq. The reason for the uprising were the disregard of Yasa and the old trunk in the country Ili. Tarmashirin fled to the Qaraunas, but was recaptured and executed in Samarkand.

In the ensuing tribal and civil wars, the Khanate broke into two parts: in the West was in 1346 the kingdom Emir Kazagans and then 1370 by Timur Lenk, in the east - in Mogul Istan - considered themselves the descendants Tschagatais until well into the 16th century in power.

• Khan
• Mongol
• Born in the 13th or 14th century
• Died in 1334
• Man