::''This article is about the 13th Century White Horde leader. For the 16th Century Uzbek dynasty see
Shaybanid''.
'Shiban' or 'Shayban' was a sub-commander in the
White Horde. He was
Jöchi's fifth son and a grandson of
Genghis Khan. Because he was too young when his father died in 1227, he did not receive any lands at that time.
When Shiban was old enough, his oldest brother
Batu gave him lands east of the
Ural Mountains on the lower parts of the
Syr Darya,
Chu, and
Sari Su rivers as winter quarters and the lands of the
Ural River flowing off the east side of the Urals, north and east of the
Volga, as summer quarters. Shiban also was given 15,000 families as a gift from his brother
Orda, the origins of these peoples are not known. Thus Shiban's lands were somewhat between Batu's and Orda's, and in the northern part of the White Horde's territory.
Shiban's descendants are known as the
Shaybanids; his male line continues down to the present time. One of Shiban’s sons, Balagha Bej (Prince Balagha) assisted
Hulagu Khan in taking
Baghdad in 1258.
[1]
See also
★
Khanate of Sibir
Notes
1. "The Mongol's besiege and capture Baghdad in 1258" De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History
Reference
★ Grousset, R. ''The Empire of the Steppes'', New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1970 (translated by Naomi Walford from the French edition published by Payot, 1970), pp. 478-490 ''et passim''.