Sayid Ahmad I

Sayid Ahmad I
Khan of the Golden Horde
Reign1427 – 1455
PredecessorUlugh Muhammad
SuccessorKüchük Muhammad
Died1455
DynastyBorjigin
ReligionSunni Islam

Sayid Ahmad I (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Bosworth, Clifford Edmund, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, p. 253. Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
  2. ^ Paine, Sheila: The Golden Horde: From the Himalaya to the Mediterranean, p. 80, Penguin Books, 1998.
Sayid Ahmad I
Regnal titles
Preceded by Khan of the Golden Horde
1427–1455
Succeeded by