Sayid Ahmad I Explained

Sayid Ahmad I
Persian: {{script|Arab|سید احمد اول
Succession:Khan of the Golden Horde
Reign1:1427 – 1455
Predecessor1:Ulugh Muhammad
Successor1:Küchük Muhammad
House:Borjigin
House-Type:Dynasty
Death Date:1455
Religion:Sunni Islam

Sayid Ahmad I (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: {{Script|Arab|سید احمد خان) was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1427 or 1433[1] until 1455. Unlike the last five of six khans, Ahmad was a younger son of Tokhtamysh.

Breakup of the Horde

While he died before the Horde dissolved, historians believe that Sayid Ahmad was responsible for creating the conditions in the khanate which allowed it to happen.[2]

Genealogy

References

  1. Bosworth, Clifford Edmund, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, p. 253. Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
  2. [Sheila Paine|Paine, Sheila]