Dawlat Berdi (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: دولت بردی; died 1432), also known as Devlet Berdi, was Khan of the Golden Horde who reigned from 1419 to 1421, and again from 1428 to his death in 1432. He was the son of Jabbar Berdi and a descendant of Berke Khan.
| Dawlat Berdi دولت بردی | |
|---|---|
 Silver coin found in Kaffa bearing Dawlat Berdi's name | |
| Khan of the Golden Horde (1st reign) | |
| Reign | 1419 – 1421 |
| Predecessor | Hajji Muhammad Khan ibn Oghlan Ali |
| Successor | Barak Khan |
| Khan of the Golden Horde (2nd reign) | |
| Reign | 1428 – 1432 |
| Predecessor | Barak Khan |
| Successor | Sayid Ahmad I |
| Born | unknown date Golden Horde |
| Died | 1432 |
| Dynasty | Borjigin |
| Father | Jabbar Berdi |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Life
editHis first reign was brief, lasting from 1419 to 1421, when he and his rival Ulugh Muhammad were defeated by Baraq.[1] After Baraq's assassination in 1427, Dawlat established himself in Crimea. Ulugh Muhammad attempted an invasion of his territory in 1430, but was unable to defeat Berdi and retreated following the death of Vytautas, his main supporter.
Due to the efforts of Hacı I Giray Dawlat was never able to consolidate control over Crimea[2] and was assassinated in 1432. His son, Äxmät, proved unable to resist the combined forces of Ulugh Muhammad and the Crimean Tatars and was defeated the following year, leading to the creation of the Crimean Khanate.[3]
An unnamed daughter may have become the wife of John IV of Trebizond.
Genealogy
edit- Genghis Khan
- Jochi
- Orda Khan
- Sartaqtay
- Köchü
- Bayan
- Sasibuqa
- Ilbasan
- Chimtay
- Tuli Kwadja
- Tokhtamysh
- Jabbar Berdi
- Dawlat Berdi
See also
editReferences
edit- Paine, Sheila: The Golden Horde: From the Himalaya to the Mediterranean, Penguin Books, 1998.
- ^ Bosworth, Clifford Edmund, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, p. 253. Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
- ^ Hostler, Charles Warren: The Turks of Central Asia, p. 30. Praeger Publishers, 1993.
- ^ Hostler, Charles Warren: The Turks of Central Asia, p. 33. Praeger Publishers, 1993.