Khan of the Golden Horde

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head of state monarchical title sovereign ruler

The Khan of the Golden Horde was the supreme ruler of the western Mongol khanate that dominated much of Eastern Europe and parts of Russia from the 13th to the 15th century.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Berke	14
Khan of the Golden Horde canonical	12
Berke Khan	4
Golden Horde khans	3
Great Khan of the Golden Horde	3
khans of the Golden Horde	2
Khan of the White Horde	1
Khans of the Golden Horde	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3295989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Khan of the Golden Horde
Context triple: [Batu Khan, positionHeld, Khan of the Golden Horde]

A. Nogai Khan
Nogai Khan was a powerful Mongol general and de facto ruler in the western part of the Golden Horde during the late 13th century.
B. Qazan Khan
Qazan Khan was a 14th-century ruler of the Chagatai Khanate, a Mongol successor state in Central Asia descended from Genghis Khan’s empire.
C. Uzbek Khan
Uzbek Khan was a powerful 14th-century khan of the Golden Horde known for making Islam the state religion and overseeing a period of political stability and economic prosperity.
D. Tokhtamysh
Tokhtamysh was a late 14th-century khan of the Golden Horde who briefly reunited its territories and clashed with the Central Asian conqueror Timur.
E. Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of the Chagatai Khanate, a major Mongol khanate in Central Asia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Khan of the Golden Horde
Target entity description: The Khan of the Golden Horde was the supreme ruler of the western Mongol khanate that dominated much of Eastern Europe and parts of Russia from the 13th to the 15th century.

A. Nogai Khan
Nogai Khan was a powerful Mongol general and de facto ruler in the western part of the Golden Horde during the late 13th century.
B. Qazan Khan
Qazan Khan was a 14th-century ruler of the Chagatai Khanate, a Mongol successor state in Central Asia descended from Genghis Khan’s empire.
C. Uzbek Khan
Uzbek Khan was a powerful 14th-century khan of the Golden Horde known for making Islam the state religion and overseeing a period of political stability and economic prosperity.
D. Tokhtamysh
Tokhtamysh was a late 14th-century khan of the Golden Horde who briefly reunited its territories and clashed with the Central Asian conqueror Timur.
E. Chagatai Khan
Chagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and the founder of the Chagatai Khanate, a major Mongol khanate in Central Asia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state ⓘ monarchical title ⓘ sovereign ruler ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Golden Horde ⓘ
capital	Sarai Batu ⓘ Sarai Berke ⓘ
collects	tribute from Rus' principalities ⓘ
controls	vassal principalities of Rus' ⓘ
country	Golden Horde ⓘ
currency	dirhams of the Golden Horde ⓘ
endTime	c. 1502 ⓘ late 15th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mongols ⓘ linked to: Mongol Turkic peoples ⓘ
hasPowerOver	diplomatic relations of the Golden Horde ⓘ military affairs of the Golden Horde ⓘ taxation in the Golden Horde ⓘ
hasTitle	Great Khan (in the western ulus) ⓘ linked to: Great Khan Khan ⓘ
inception	13th century ⓘ
languageUsed	Kipchak Turkic ⓘ Mongolian ⓘ
officeHolderSelection	Chinggisid lineage requirement ⓘ election by Mongol-Tatar nobility ⓘ
partOf	Mongol Empire ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Ahmed Khan bin Küchük ⓘ Batu Khan ⓘ Berdi Beg ⓘ Berke Khan ⓘ linked to: Khan of the Golden Horde Edigu (as kingmaker and powerful beglerbeg) ⓘ Jani Beg ⓘ Mamai (as kingmaker and powerful beglerbeg) ⓘ Möngke-Temür ⓘ Sartaq Khan ⓘ Seyid Ahmad I ⓘ linked to: Sayyid Ahmad I Seyid Ahmad II ⓘ Sheikh Ahmed ⓘ Tele-Buqa ⓘ Tokhtamysh ⓘ Toqta ⓘ Tuda-Mengu ⓘ Ulaqchi ⓘ linked to: Ulaghchi Uzbek Khan ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Tengrism ⓘ
startTime	c. 1240s ⓘ
subordinateTo	Great Khan of the Mongol Empire ⓘ linked to: Great Khan
territoryIncludes	Crimea ⓘ Lower Volga region ⓘ Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ Volga steppe ⓘ linked to: Pontic–Caspian steppe parts of Eastern Europe ⓘ parts of Rus' principalities ⓘ

How these facts were elicited