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"Sartak" redirects here. For the place of that name in Iran, see
Sartak, Iran
.
"Sartaq" redirects here. For places in Iran, see
Sar Taq
.
Khan
Sartaq
(or
Sartak
,
Sartach
,
Mongolian
:
Сартаг
,
Tatar
:
Сартак
)
Khan
(died 1257) was the son of
Batu Khan
and
Regent
Dowager
Khatun
Boraqchin
of Alchi Tatar.
[3]
Sartaq succeeded Batu as
khan
of the
Golden Horde
.
Reign
[
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]
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, akin to
blood brother
) and an adopted son of Batu Khan.
[4]
His reign as khan of the Golden Horde was short-lived. He died in 1256 before returning from
Great Khan
Mongke
'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 Feodora (or Theothiure) was the wife of
Gleb Vasilkovich
, first
Prince Belozersky
of
Beloozero
and
Rostov
, a grandson of
Konstantin of Rostov
. Their daughter Maria Glebovna Belozerskaya married
Daniel Alexandrovich
(the son of Alexander Nevsky), and was the mother of
Ivan Kalita
.
See also
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]
Books
[
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]
- Grousset, Rene (1938).
L'Empire des Steppes
.
References
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]
- ^
"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.
- ^
"Sartach examined the bible, and the cross with the image on it, putting some questions respecting both ; but our traveller was dismayed to hear nothing that favoured the report, upon which this painful journey had been undertaken, of his being a believer in the gospel. He never even seemed to refer to the subject, except in a tone of scoffing and derision. On inquiry, the sole ground of the rumour was found to be, that when christian merchants, many of whom passed this way, brought liberal presents, they were graciously accepted ; but when Mohammedans offered larger gifts, they met a welcome still more cordial." Travels of Marco Polo, by Hugh Murray, p. 70.
- ^
Rashid al-Din - Universal History, see:
Tale of Jochids
- ^
Searching for an Imaginary Kingdom
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