Manghud

House of Manghud
Emir Alim Khan the last ruler and the last head of Manghud Dynasty
CountryMongol Empire
Nogai Horde
Emirate of Bukhara
Current regionAsia
Europe
Founded-1270 (in Nogai Horde)
-1747 (in the Emirate of Bukhara)
Founder-Nogai Khan (in Nogai Horde)
-Rahim Khan (in the Emirate of Bukhara)
Final rulerAlim Khan
Final headAlim Khan
TitlesKhan
Emir
Sayyid
Connected familiesHouse of Barlas
TraditionsTengrism
later
Sunni Islam
Dissolution30 August 1920
Deposition28 April 1944

The Manghud, or Manghit (Mongolian: Мангуд, Mangud; Uzbek: Mangʻit) were a Mongol tribe of the Urud-Manghud federation. Manghuds (Mangkits or Mangits) who moved to the Desht-i Qipchaq steppe were Turkified.[1][2] They established the Nogai Horde in the 14th century and the Manghit dynasty to rule the Emirate of Bukhara in 1785. They took the Islamic title of Emir instead of the title of Khan, since they were not descendants of Genghis Khan and rather based their legitimacy as rulers on Islam. The clan name was used for Mongol vanguards as well. Members of the clan live in several regions of Central Asia and Mongolia.

  1. ^ Очир А. (2016). Монгольские этнонимы: вопросы происхождения и этнического состава монгольских народов. Элиста: КИГИ РАН. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-5-903833-93-1.
  2. ^ Adle, C. and I. Habib, eds., History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in Contrast, from the Sixteenth to the Mid-Nineteenth Century, January 2003, Volume V.