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List of Mongol Khans

great khans of the mongol empire

genghis khan (1206–1227)
tolui (regent) (1227–1229)
ögedei khan (1229–1241)
töregene khatun (regent) (1243–1246)
güyük khan (1246–1248)
oghul ghaymish (regent) (1248–1251)
mongke khan (1251–1259)

mongol yuan dynasty

with the establishment of the yuan dynasty, the kublaids became emperors of the yuan dynasty, who were considered as khagan for the mongols and huangdi (chinese emperor) for native chinese:

kublai khan (1260–1294) _ khagan title: setsen; temple name: shizu 1271_1294 era name: zhiyuan (至元) 1264_1294
temür khan _ khagan title: oljeitu; temple name: chengzong _ 1294–1307; era names: yuanzhen (元貞) 1295_1297; dade (大德) 1297_1307
khayisan _ khagan title: khülük; temple name: wuzong _ 1308_1311; era name: zhida (至大) 1308_1311
ayurbarwada _ temple name: renzong _ 1311_1320; era names: huangqing (皇慶) 1312_1313; yanyou (延祐) 1314_1320
shidebala _ khagan title: gegeen; temple name: yingzong _ 1321_1323; era name: zhizhi (至治) 1321_1323
yesün_temür _ temple name: taiding di _ 1323_1328; era names: taiding (泰定) 1321_1328; zhihe (致和) 1328
ragibagh _ temple name: tianshun di ; era name: tianshun (天順) 1328
tugh temür _ khagan title: zayaghatu; temple name: wenzong _ 1328–1329 and 1329–1332; era names: tianli (天歷) 1328_1330; zhishun (至順) 1330_1332
kuśala _ khagan title: qutuqtu; temple name: mingzong ; era name: tianli (天歷) 1329
rinchinbal _ temple name: ningzong ; era name: zhishun (至順) 1332
toghun temür _ khagan title: ukhaantu; temple name: huizong ; shundi _ 1333_1370; era names: zhishun (至順) 1333; yuantong (元統) 1333_1335; zhiyuan (至元) 1335_1340; zhizheng (至正) 1341_1368; zhiyuan (至元) 1368_1370

khans of golden horde

batu khan (1227–1255)
sartaq (1255–56)
ulaghchi (1257)
berke (1257–1266)
mengu_timur (1266–1282)
tuda_mengu (1282—1287)
talabuga (1287—1291)
tokhta (1291—1312)
uzbeg khan (1312–1341)
tini beg (1341–1342)
jani beg (1342—1357)
berdibek (1357—1361)
qulpa (1359–1360)
nawruz beg (1360–1361)
khidr (1361–1362)
timur khwaja (1362)
abdallah (1362–1370), actual ruler was mamai khan
murad (1362–1367), actual ruler was mamai khan
aziz (1367–1369), actual ruler was mamai khan
jani beg ii (1369–1370), actual ruler was mamai khan
muhammad bolak (1370–1379), actual ruler was mamai khan
tulun beg khanum (1370–1373), actual ruler was mamai khan
aig beg (1373–1376), actual ruler was mamai khan
arab shaykh (1376–1379), actual ruler was mamai khan
kagan beg (1375–1376), actual ruler was mamai khan
ilbani (1373–1376), actual ruler was mamai khan
hajji cherkes (1375–1376), actual ruler was mamai khan
urus khan (1376–1378), urus was also khan of the white horde and uncle of toqtamish, allowing the hordes to unite.
freky aziz reffelruz (1378–1380)
tokhtamysh (1380–1395)
temür qutlugh (1396–1401), actual ruler was edigu
shadi beg (1399–1407), actual ruler was edigu
pulad (1407–1410), actual ruler was edigu
temür (1410–1412)
jalal ad_din khan (1411–1412)
karimberdi
kebeg
jabbar berdi (1417–1419)
ulugh muhammad (1419–1421, 1428–1433)
dawlat berdi (1419–1421, 1427–1432)
baraq (1422–1427)
seyid akhmed (1433–1435)
kuchuk muhammed (1435–1459)
mahmud (1459–1465)
ahmad (1465–1481)
shayk ahmad (1481–1498, 1499–1502)
murtada (1498–1499)

left wing

orda (1226–1251)
qun quran (1251–c. 1280)
kochu (c. 1280–1302)
buyan (bayan) (1302–1309)
sasibuqa (1309–1315)
ilbasan (1315–1320)
mubarak khwaja (1320–1344)
chimtay (1344–1374)
urus (1374–1376)
toqtaqiya (1376)
timur_malik (1377)
toqtamish (1377–1378)
koiruchik (1378–1399)
baraq (1423–1428)
muhammed (1428–1431)
mustafa (1431–1446)

this horde was annexed by abu'l_khayr khan of the shaybanids in 1446 .

right wing

actual rulers of the golden horde (jochid ulus, kipchak khanate) were members of the house of batu until 1361.

batu khan (1227–1255)
sartaq (1255–56)
ulaghchi (1257)
berke (1257–1266)
mengu_timur (1266–1282)
tuda_mengu (1282—1287)
talabuga (1287—1291)
tokhta (1291—1312)
uzbeg khan (1312–1341)
tini beg (1341–1342)
jani beg (1342—1357)
berdibek (1357—1361)
qulpa (1359–1360)
nawruz beg (1360–1361)
khidr (1361–1362)
timur khwaja (1362)
abdallah (1362–1370), actual ruler was mamai khan

ilkhans of il khanate

hülëgü (1256–1265)
abaqa (1265–1282)
tekuder (1282–1284)
arghun (1284–1291)
gaykhatu (1291–1295)
baydu (1295)
ghazan (1295–1304)
öljeitü (1304–1316)
abu sa'id (1316–1335)
arpa ke'ün (1335–1336)

after the murder of arpa, the regional states established during the disintegration of the ilkhanate raised their own candidates as claimants.

musa (1336–1337) (puppet of 'ali padshah of baghdad)
muhammad (1336–1338) ( jalayirid puppet)
sati beg (1338–1339) ( chobanid puppet)
sulayman (1339–1343) (chobanid puppet, recognized by the sarbadars 1341_1343)
jahan temur (1339–1340) (jalayirid puppet)
anushirwan (1343–1356) (non_dynastic chobanid puppet)
ghazan ii (1356–1357) (known only from coinage)

claimants from eastern persia (khurasan):

togha temür (c. 1338_1353) (recognized by the kartids 1338_1349; by the jalayirids 1338_1339, 1340–1344; by the sarbadars 1338_1341, 1344, 1353)
luqman (1353–1388) (son of togha temür)

khans of chagatai khanate

chagatai khan 1226_1242
qara hülëgü 1242_1246 d. 1252
yesü möngke 1246_1252
qara hülëgü (restored) 1252
mubarak shah 1252_1260
- orghana khatun (fem. ), regent 1252_1260
alghu 1260_1266
mubarak shah (restored) 1266
baraq 1266_1270
negübei 1270_c. 1272
buqa temür c. 1272_1287
duwa 1287_1307
könchek 1306_1308
taliqu 1308_1309
kebek 1309 d. 1325
esen buqa i 1309_c. 1318
kebek (restored) c. 1318_1325
eljigidey 1325
duwa temur 1325
aladdin tarmashirin 1325_1333
buzan 1333_c. 1334
changshi 1334_c. 1338
yesun temur c. 1338_c. 1342 with. . .
'ali_sultan c. 1338_c. 1342
muhammad i ibn pulad c. 1342_1343
qazan khan ibn yasaur 1343_1346
danishmendji 1346_1348

the chagatai khanate is split into two parts, western and eastern ( moghulistan ) for the eastern khans, see khans of moghulistan, below.

bayan quli 1348_1358
shah temur 1358
tughluq temur (in mogulistan 1348_1363) 1358_1363
ilyas khodja (in mogulistan 1363_1368) 1363 d. 1368
adil_sultan 1363
khabul shah 1364_1370

from 1370 on, the chagatai khans were puppets of timur.

suurgatmish 1370_1388
sultan mahmud (mohammed ii) 1388_1402

khans of northern yuan

biligtü khan (ayurshiridar) (1370–1378)
uskhal khan (tögüs temür) (1378–1388)
jorightu khan (yesüder) (1388–1392)?
engke khan (?_1392)
elbeg nigülesügchi khan (1392–1399)
gün temür khan (1400–1402)
örüg temür khan (guilichi) _ non_chingisid
öljei temür khan (bunyashiri) (1403–1412)
delbeg khan (dalbag) (1415)
oyiradai khan (1415–1425)
adai khan (1425–1438)
tayisung khan (toghtoa bukha) (1433–1452)
agbarjin (1453)
esen tayisi _ the leader of the oirats (1453–1454)
markörgis khan (ükegtü) (1454–1465)
mulan khan (1465–1466)
manduulun khan (1475–1478)
dayan khan (batu möngke) (1478–1516)
bars bolud jinong (deputy)
bodi alagh khan (1516–1547)

the following khans are successors of dayan khan and directly ruled the chahar . they had suzerainty over other mongol tümens, but were unable to exercise their authority over them.

darayisung gödeng khan (1547–1557)
tümen jasaghtu khan (1557–1592)
buyan sechen khan (1592–1603)
ligden khan (1604–1634)
ejei khan (1634–1635)

rulers of zunghar khanate

khara_khula (d. 1634)
baatur khung_taiji (1634–1653)
sengge (1653–1670)
galdan boshugtu khan (1670–1697)
tsewang_rabtan (1694–1727)
galdan tseren khan (1727–1745)
tsewang_dorji_namjil (1746–1749)
lamdarja (1749–1752)
dawachi (1752–1755)

upper mongol khoshud khans of tibet

gushi khan toro_baikhu (1642–1655)
dayan ochir khan (1655–1669)
gonchug dalai khan (1669–1698)
lhazang chingis khan (1698–1717)
shdi khan, alu khan pakori khan roti chun khan phusi mar khan, bakri choor (maghar hainsub khan)