Urus Khan

Urus Khan
Khan of the Golden Horde
Eastern Half (White Horde)
Reign1369–1377
PredecessorChimtay
SuccessorToqtaqiya
Khan of the Golden Horde
Western Half (Blue Horde)
Reign1373–1375
PredecessorMuḥammad-Sulṭān
SuccessorQāghān Beg
Died1377
DynastyBorjigin
FatherBadiq
ReligionSunni Islam

Urus Khan (Kypchak: اوروس خان; also known as Muḥammad-Urūs Turki/Persian: محمد اروس, Orys, Arys, Yrys, Orys Khan; Kazakh: Ұрыс-Хан; died 1377) was the eighth Khan of the White Horde and a disputed Khan of the Blue Horde; he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. Urus himself was the direct ancestor of the khans of the Kazakh Khanate.