Islamset - The Kipchak Mongols North of the Black Sea

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The Kipchak Mongols North of the Black Sea

Those Mongols received the attention and consideration of the Sultans of the Al-Bahria Mamluks who were Turks from Kipchak. These lands extending between Turkistan in the east to north of the Black Sea in the west were ruled by a new Islamic Mongol State known as the Golden Horde or Mongols of Kipchak; Qalqashqndi (the historian) named it kingdom of Turan Khuwarizm (Kipchak). Their leader Barakah Khan was the first son of Genghis Khan to embrace Islam. His capital was the city of Sarai northwest of the Caspian sea. It was a centre for scientists and writers like Qutb al-Din Mohamad Al-Razi and Sa'ad al-Din Al- Taftazani and others.

Because the Sultan of Egypt, Al-Zaher Baybars, was interested in forming an alliance with this Islamic Mongol state, he exchanged messengers and gifts with its monarch Barakah Khan *660-662 A.H./1261-1263 A.D) and married his daughter. This alliance was against their coomon enemy the Mongol state al-Khanat of Persia ruled by Hulagu and his sons. This state included Persia and Iraq with Tabriz or Moyaghah or Baghdad as its capital. Al Maqrizi reports that the Baybars started to influence Barakah Khan against his relative Hulagu. Baybars also exploited this alliance to strengthen the army by buying large numbers of Kipchak Mamluks 'till they became a common sight in Egypt; providing it with protection, making them commanders of its armies and notables of its land'. Al Qalqashandi adds: 'They were commended for safeguarding Islam and fighting even their Kinsfolk for the sake of Allah'. One can perceive that the spread of Islam in the Kipchak Mongol state in the seventh Hijri century (13th century A.D.) led to the expansion of Islam in Central Asia (Southern Russia and the Caucasus) and to infusing the Islamic armies in Egypt and Syria with new blood.

The importance of the alliance between Egypt and the Golden Horde against the Mongols of Persia and Iraq was that it led to the triumph of Islam over that pagan state and its spread among its natives.. Relations between the two states began to improve from the 8th Hijri century (14th A.D.) and culminated in a peace treaty between the Sultan of Egypt and Syrian Al-Naser Mohammad Ibn Qalawun and Abis'aid the Aylkhan of Persia and Iraq. The chief of the Golden Horde Uzbek Khan was also a party to the treaty.

and consideration of the Sultans of the Al-Bahria Mamluks who were Turks from Kipchak. These lands extending between Turkistan in the east to north of the Black Sea in the west were ruled by a new Islamic Mongol State known as the Golden Horde or Mongols of Kipchak; Qalqashqndi (the historian) named it kingdom of Turan Khuwarizm (Kipchak). Their leader Barakah Khan was the first son of Genghis Khan to embrace Islam. His capital was the city of Sarai northwest of the Caspian sea. It was a centre for scientists and writers like Qutb al-Din Mohamad Al-Razi and Sa'ad al-Din Al- Taftazani and others.

One can perceive that the spread of Islam in the Kipchak Mongol state in the seventh Hijri century (13th century A.D.) led to the expansion of Islam in Central Asia (Southern Russia and the Caucasus) and to infusing the Islamic armies in Egypt and Syria with new blood.

The importance of the alliance between Egypt and the Golden Horde against the Mongols of Persia and Iraq was that it led to the triumph of Islam over that pagan state and its spread among its natives.. Relations between the two states began to improve from the 8th Hijri century (14th A.D.) and culminated in a peace treaty between the Sultan of Egypt and Syrian Al-Naser Mohammad Ibn Qalawun and Abisaid the Aylkhan of Persia and Iraq. The chief of the Golden Horde Uzbek Khan was also a party to the treaty.