Kara-Kishek
Kara-Kishek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13th century Golden Horde |
| Died | After 1325 Europe |
| Family | Borjigin |
| Father | Chaka |
| Mother | Mongol concubine |
| Occupation | Mercenary commander in Vidin |
Kara-Kishek or Qara-Kesek (Bulgarian: Кара-Кишек; fl. 1302–1325) was a Mongol nobleman, the son of Chaka, himself the son of Golden Horde kingmaker Nogai Khan.
The new khan, Toqta, defeated and murdered Nogai and Chaka in 1299–1300.[1]
In 1302, Kara-Kishek and his two relatives Dzherik-Temir (Джерик-Темир) and Yol-Kutlu (Юлукутлу) fled with 3,000 horsemen to Shishman of Vidin.[2][3] Shishman, a Cuman and previous subject to Nogai Khan,[4] gave refuge to them and they still lived in Vidin at the time of Egyptian chronicler Baybar (died 1325).[2] Kara-Kishek and the horsemen raided alongside Shishman,[3] and these Tatar mercenaries were important in the victories of Shishman and his son, Bulgarian emperor Michael Shishman (r. 1323–1330).[5]
See also
- Kara-Kisek-oglan (Кара-Кисек-оглан)
References
- ↑ Vásáry 2005, pp. 92, 97.
- 1 2 Vásáry 2005, p. 97.
- 1 2 Lazarov 1992, p. 68.
- ↑ Vásáry 2005, p. 107.
- ↑ Vásáry 2005, p. 98.
Sources
- Lazarov, Ivan (1992). Документи за политическата история на средновековна България: XII-XIV в. Изд. къща "Аста".
- Petrov, Viktor (2021), Татарите на Кара-Кишек и ролята им за военнополитическия възход на Шишмановци (1302–1330 г.) [The Tatars of Qara-Kesek and their Role for the Military and Political Rise of the Shishmanids (1302–1330)], pp. 28-
- Vásáry, István (2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83756-9.