Urus Khan | |
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Khan of the Golden Horde Eastern Half (White Horde) | |
Reign | 1369–1377 |
Predecessor | Chimtay |
Successor | Toqtaqiya |
Khan of the Golden Horde Western Half (Blue Horde) | |
Reign | 1373–1375 |
Predecessor | Muḥammad-Sulṭān |
Successor | Qāghān Beg |
Died | 1377 |
Dynasty | Borjigin |
Father | Badiq |
Religion | Sunni 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.