Sartaq Khan

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Sartaq

Khan

Reign 1256

Coronation 1256

Predecessor Batu Khan

Successor Ulaghchi

Died 1256

Issue Tughdua

Qughchi

Feodora

Full name

Sartaq

House Borjigin

Dynasty Golden Horde

Father Batu Khan

Mother Borakchin Khatun of the Alchi-Tatar

 Religion Christianity [1]

Sartaq (or Sartak, Sartach, Mongolian: Сартаг, Tatar: Сартак) Khan (died 1256) was the son
of Batu Khan and Regent DowagerKhatun Boraqcin of Alchi Tatar.[2] Sartaq succeeded Batu
as khan of the Golden Horde.
In 1252, Alexander Nevsky met with Sartaq at Sarai. Alexander received yarlyk (license) to
become Grand Duke of Vladimir in vassalage to the Kipchak Khanate. According to Lev Gumilev he
became Sartaq's anda (sworn brother, probably akin to blood brother) and an adopted son of Batu
Khan.[3]
His reign as khan of the Golden Horde was short-lived. He died in 1256 before returning from Great
Khan Möngke's court in Mongolia, less than one year after his father, probably having been
poisoned by his uncles Berke and Berkhchir. Sartaq was succeeded by Ulaqchi briefly in 1257,
before his uncle Berke succeeded to the throne. It is not clear whether Ulaqchi was his brother or his
son.
Sartaq's daughter Theodora (or Theothiure) was the wife of Gleb Vasilkovich first Prince
Belozersky of Beloozero and Rostov, a grandson of Konstantin of Rostov and first cousin once
removed of Alexander Nevsky. Their descendants include Ivan IV of Russia and innumerable
families of Russian nobility.

Contents
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 1Ancestry
 2See also
 3Books
 4References
 5External links

Ancestry[edit]

Yesugei Baghatur

Genghis Khan
 Ho'elun

Jochi

Dei Sechen

Börte Ujin

Batu Khan
 Oki Fajin Khatun Qonqirat

Sartaq Khan
Boraqcin of the Alchi Tatar
See also[edit]
 List of Khans of the Golden Horde

Books[edit]
 Grousset, René (1938). L'Empire des Steppes.

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ "Early in 1253 a report reached Acre that one of the Mongol princes, Sartaq, son of Batu,
had been converted to Christianity", Runciman, p.280. See Alexander Nevsky for details.
2. Jump up^ Rashid al-Din - Universal History, see: Tale of Jochids
3. Jump up^ Searching for an Imaginary Kingdom