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{{Short description|Rump state of the Golden Horde}}
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| native_name = {{lang|ar|اولوغ اوردا}}<br/>''Uluğ Orda''
| conventional_long_name = Great Horde
| common_name = Great Horde
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{{History_of Russia}}
The '''Great Horde''' ({{lang|ar|اولوغ اوردا}}, ''Uluğ Orda'')<ref>{{cite book|title=Cahiers du monde russe|publisher=Centre d'études sur la Russie, l'Europe orientale et le domaine turc de l'Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales|page=62|year=2004|volume=65}}</ref> was a [[rump state]] of the [[Golden Horde]] that existed from the mid-15th century to 1502.<ref
Both the [[Khanate of Astrakhan]] and the [[Khanate of Crimea]] broke away from the Great Horde throughout its existence, and were hostile to the Great Horde. According to later Russian tradition, the retreat of the forces of the Great Horde at the [[Great Stand on the Ugra River]] opposed by [[Ivan III of Russia]] marked the end of the "[[Tatar yoke]]" over Russia.
==Decline of the Golden Horde==▼
The [[Golden Horde]] of [[Jochi]] had been showing cracks in the 14th century, with periods of chaos within the polity. It was united by [[Tokhtamysh]] in the 1390s, but the invasion of [[Timur]] during this time further weakened the Horde. The death of [[Edigu]] (the last person to ever unite the Horde) in 1419 marked one of the final steps of the decay of the Golden Horde, which fractured into the separate states of the [[Nogai Khanate]], the [[Kazan Khanate]], and later the [[Kasimov Khanate]], which had separated itself from Kazan. Each one of these Khanates claimed to be the legitimate successor to the Golden Horde. The Great Horde itself was centered on the Golden Horde's national center of [[Sarai (city)|Sarai]], with its territory being led by four tribes - the [[Qiyat]], the [[Manghud]], the [[Sicivud]], and the [[Qonqirat]].<ref>Schamiloglu, U. (1993). ''Preliminary remarks on the role of disease in the history of the Golden Horde. Central Asian Survey,'' 12(4), 447–457. doi:10.1080/02634939308400830</ref> The Great Horde was originally simply referred to as the ''Orda'', or Horde, but it became increasingly important for the disparate hordes in the region to be distinguished from each other, which led to the first mention of the "Great Horde" in sources in the 1430s. The name "Great Horde" might have been used to directly link the now greatly reduced administrative center of the Horde to the original greatness of the Golden Horde.<ref name=vasary>Vásáry, István. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210420062427/https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/31814669/148._Vasary_The_Crimean_Khanate_and_the_Great_Horde.pdf?1378022881=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DI_Vasary_The_Crimean_Khanate_and_the_Gre.pdf&Expires=1618901529&Signature=KfM0qfop2y5JYTKqmGBpkyPlj1bYxHk9aPmO3y9dopoWNR9u8VRqqkvOML9yMvSZAJDOSRA5V-OzQC6GO2hZ3wGpTH1p8yPMgpOv8OaoLLwhoNF18uKnP26QQFkOCvnQHyVkl3L-DRVLfkWO~I4S4u-JEvAN2pJTj9n7Um~PDWJsad1yDd7YqiG~CvD5Ri2fl4eXMsgsAcqM5ckr-v1CrjWCAtWSv993vcWNZiLQ6SstKTe3UBduFMX45Atn8UEK8plbB3zskbqbN1KNMcKSl2hk7akvvcpI7-WSRzIEp1nb9bBNAooubqqovmbwwriNKwv61JJbH0BWWYuacz~Iew__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA ''The Crimean Khanate and the Great Horde (1440s–1500s): A Fight for Primacy.''] In: Das frühneuzeitliche Krimkhanat (16.-18. Jahrhundert) zwischen Orient und Okzident. Edited by Meinolf Arens - Denise Klein. Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden 2012, pp. 13-26.</ref>{{rp|13–14}}▼
▲The [[Golden Horde]] of [[Jochi]] had been showing cracks in the 14th century, with periods of chaos within the polity. It was united by [[Tokhtamysh]] in the 1390s, but the invasion of [[Timur]] during this time further weakened the Horde. The death of [[Edigu]] (the last person to ever unite the Horde) in 1419 marked one of the final steps of the decay of the Golden Horde, which fractured into the separate states of the [[Nogai Khanate]], the [[Kazan Khanate]], and later the [[Kasimov Khanate]], which had separated itself from Kazan. Each one of these Khanates claimed to be the legitimate successor to the Golden Horde. The Great Horde itself was centered on the Golden Horde's national center of [[Sarai (city)|Sarai]], with its territory being led by four tribes - the [[Qiyat]], the [[Manghud]], the [[Sicivud]], and the [[Qonqirat]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Schamiloglu
Starting from the 1430s, both [[Küchük Muhammad]] and [[Sayid Ahmad I]] were in power within the Horde of Sarai. During this time, the Horde lost control of [[Crimea]] as [[Hacı I Giray]] (brother of [[Devlet Berdi]], who had previously wrested control of Crimea for himself from the Golden Horde) had kicked out authority from Sarai in August 1449. This is accepted as the way the [[Crimean Khanate]] became independent, which kicked off a rivalry between Crimea and the Great Horde.<ref name=vasary/>{{rp|15–16}} [[Küchük Muhammad]] drove out [[Ulugh Muhammad]] from the heartland of the Golden Horde in 1438, being proclaimed Khan in Sarai.<ref name="Howorth1888">{{cite book|last=Howorth|first=Sir Henry Hoyle|title=History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA88|year=1888|publisher=Burt Franklin}}</ref>{{rp|300}} Throughout the rules of Küchük Muhammad and Sayid Ahmad I, the Tatars tried to force their Russian subjects to pay taxes, invading them in 1449, 1450, 1451 and 1452. These attacks led to retaliation from the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], who allied with the Crimean Khanate. At the same time, envoys from Lithuanian nobles who were unhappy being under a Polish-dominant Commonwealth brought gifts to Sayid Ahmad, who invaded Poland-Lithuania in 1453. In 1455, the Crimeans again attacked Sarai, forcing Sayid Ahmad to flee to [[Kiev]]. However, a force led by [[Andrzej Odrowąż]] marched upon Kiev and captured him, leading him to die in prison. Further raids include a Tatar raid on [[Podolia]] in 1457 (ending in victory for the Tatars) and one in 1459 on Muscovy (ending in a victory for the Muscovites)<ref name="Howorth1888"/>{{rp|303–5}}▼
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▲Starting from the 1430s, both [[Küchük Muhammad]] and [[Sayid Ahmad I]] were in power within the Horde of Sarai. During this time, the Horde lost control of [[Crimea]] as [[Hacı I Giray]] (brother of [[Devlet Berdi]], who had previously wrested control of Crimea for himself from the Golden Horde) had kicked out authority from Sarai in August 1449. This is accepted as the way the [[Crimean Khanate]] became independent, which kicked off a rivalry between Crimea and the Great Horde.<ref name=vasary/>{{rp|15–16}} [[Küchük Muhammad]] drove out [[Ulugh Muhammad]] from the heartland of the Golden Horde in 1438, being proclaimed Khan in Sarai.<ref name="Howorth1888">{{cite book|last=Howorth|first=Sir Henry Hoyle|title=History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA88|year=1888|publisher=Burt Franklin}}</ref>{{rp|300}}
[[Küchük Muhammad]] was succeeded by his son [[Mahmud bin Küchük]] in 1459. Mahmud was usurped by his brother [[Ahmed Khan bin Küchük]] in 1465. Mahmud headed to [[Astrakhan]], seceding and forming the [[Astrakhan Khanate]]. This led to the creation of a rivalry between the two Khanates, ending with Ahmed's descendants occupying the throne of Astrakhan in 1502.<ref name=vasary/>{{rp|16}} In 1469, Ahmed attacked and killed the [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] [[Abu'l-Khayr Khan]]. In the summer of 1470, Ahmed organized an attack against [[Moldavia]], the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]], and [[Lithuania]]. By August 20, the Moldavian forces under [[Stephen the Great]] defeated the Tatars at the [[battle of Lipnic]]. By the 1470s, Muscovy had stopped paying tribute to Sarai, but continued to maintain diplomatic relations with them.{{sfn|Halperin|1987|p=70}} In 1474 and 1476, Ahmed insisted that [[Ivan III of Russia]] recognize the khan as his overlord. In 1480, Ahmed organized a military campaign against Moscow, resulting in a face off between two opposing armies known as the [[Great Stand on the Ugra River]]. Ahmed judged the conditions unfavorable and retreated. This incident formally ended the "Tatar yoke" over Russia.<ref>{{cite book |last=Millar |first=James R. |title=Encyclopedia of Russian History |date=2004 |publisher=Macmillan Reference USA |location=New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-KYwQEACAAJ |isbn=9780028656939 |quote=khan Ahmad invaded Russia, trying to restore his sovereignty over the Russian land... withdrawal of Ahmad from the banks of Ugra River in November 1480 symbolized the overthrow of the yoke.}}</ref> On 6 January 1481, Ahmed was killed by [[Ibak Khan]], the prince of the [[Khanate of Sibir]], and [[Nogays]] at the mouth of the Donets River.{{sfn|Vernadsky|1953|p=332}}▼
Throughout the rules of Küchük Muhammad and Sayid Ahmad I, the Tatars tried to force their Russian subjects to pay taxes, invading them in 1449, 1450, 1451 and 1452. These attacks led to retaliation from the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], who allied with the Crimean Khanate. At the same time, envoys from Lithuanian nobles who were unhappy being under a Polish-dominant Commonwealth brought gifts to Sayid Ahmad, who invaded Poland-Lithuania in 1453. In 1455, the Crimeans again attacked Sarai, forcing Sayid Ahmad to flee to [[Kiev]]. However, a force led by [[Andrzej Odrowąż]] marched upon Kiev and captured him, leading him to die in prison. Further raids include a Tatar raid on [[Podolia]] in 1457 (ending in victory for the Tatars) and one in 1459 on Muscovy (ending in a victory for the Muscovites).<ref name="Howorth1888"/>{{rp|303–5}}
The [[Crimean Khanate]], which had become a vassal state of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1475, subjugated what remained of the Great Horde, sacking Sarai in 1502. The Great Horde finally dissipated.{{sfn|Khodarkovsky|2002|p=89}} After seeking refuge in Lithuania, [[Sheikh Ahmed]], the last khan of the Horde, died in prison in [[Kaunas]] some time after 1504. According to other sources, he was released from the Lithuanian prison in 1527.{{sfnp|Kołodziejczyk|2011|p=66}}▼
== Reigns of Mahmud and Ahmed (1459–1481) ==
[[Küchük Muhammad]] was succeeded by his son [[Mahmud bin Küchük]] in 1459. Mahmud was usurped by his brother [[Ahmed Khan bin Küchük]] in 1465. Mahmud headed to [[Astrakhan]], seceding and forming the [[Astrakhan Khanate]]. This led to the creation of a rivalry between the two Khanates, ending with Ahmed's descendants occupying the throne of Astrakhan in 1502.<ref name=vasary/>{{rp|16}}
In 1469, Ahmed attacked and killed the [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] [[Abu'l-Khayr Khan]]. In the summer of 1470, Ahmed organized an attack against [[Moldavia]], the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]], and [[Lithuania]]. The Moldavian forces under [[Stephen the Great]] defeated the Tatars at the [[battle of Lipnic]] (20 August 1470).
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== Great Horde and Lithuania versus Crimean Khanate and Muscovy (1486–1502) ==
From 1486 to 1491, a conflict raged between the Sarai-based Great Horde and the [[Crimean Khanate]],{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=340}} which had become a vassal state of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1475.{{sfn|Khodarkovsky|2002|p=89}} The Muscovite prince Ivan III sided with Crimean khan [[Meñli I Giray]], while [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] of Lithuania and Poland allied himself with the Great Horde.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=340}} The thus-caused [[Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1487–1494)]] was settled by a peace treaty and marriage alliance between [[Alexander Jagiellon]] of Lithuania and [[Helena of Moscow]].{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=341}}
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== Economy ==
Just like for the preceding Golden Horde, the main source of revenue of the Great Horde was collecting transit fees and [[customs duties]] from the commercial traffic along the lower Volga river.{{sfn|Martin|2007|pp=348–349}} The khans at Sarai controlled a decreasing number of tributary vassals from previous centuries, losing the southwestern Rus' (Ruthenian) principalities to the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], and in the 1470s its traditional ally in the north, Muscovy, refusing to pay tribute any longer. By the second half of the 15th century, the Great Horde found itself unable to properly control and protect trade on the lower Volga anymore either.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=348}}
Tverian merchant [[Afanasy Nikitin]] recounted in his famous travelogue ''[[A Journey Beyond the Three Seas]]'' how he had no troubles sailing the Volga downstream from [[Tver]] in 1466–1468, until his group of merchants was attacked and robbed by bandits near [[Astrakhan]].{{sfn|Martin|2007|pp=348–349}} Returning from Persia, Venetian diplomat [[Ambrogio Contarini]] had his property confiscated at Astrakhan when he passed through in 1475–1476; he was compelled to pay a large ransom to get it back.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=349}} Contarini described 'the country between [Astrakhan] and Muscovy... [as] a continual desert.'{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=349}} There were no [[way station]]s, no places to buy provisions, and fresh water was hard to come by.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=349}} He spotted some camels and horses that were apparently abandoned or lost by a previous caravan that presumably had suffered an ill fate as well.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=349}}
Ahmad Khan made it a policy to raid merchant caravans carrying valuable goods across his territory, in order to make up for these losses in revenue, but thus destabilising commerce in the region even further.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=349}} Moreover, the Great Horde raided the territory of its neighbouring states for extra spoils, including the Oka river border with its nominal vassal Muscovy from the late 1440s onwards.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=349}} A 1460 attack on Ryazan by the Sarai khan served the same purpose.{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=349}} In 1472, by which time Ahmad Khan was allied with Lithuania, which urged him to raid territory of their mutual Muscovite enemy, the Great Horde burnt down the town of [[Aleksin]] and crossed the Oka, but was then repelled.{{sfn|Martin|2007|pp=349–350}}
==Khans of the Great Horde==
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* {{ cite book | last = Khodarkovsky | first = Michael | title = Russia's Steppe Frontier | url = https://archive.org/details/trent_0116405117767 | url-access = registration | year = 2002 }}
* {{cite book |last=Kołodziejczyk |first=Dariusz |author-link=Dariusz Kołodziejczyk |title=The Crimean Khanate and Poland-Lithuania: International Diplomacy on the European Periphery (15th–18th Century). A Study of Peace Treaties Followed by Annotated Documents. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHrTxHmegRYC&pg=PP1 |year=2011 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-19190-7}}
* {{cite book |title=Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book |last=Martin |first=Janet |authorlink=Janet L. B. Martin|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/802816/medieval-russia-980-1584/janet-martin/ |year=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-511-36800-4}}
* {{citation |last=Vernadsky |first=George |year=1953 |title=The Mongols and Russia |publisher=Yale University Press}}
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