Chagatai Khanate
/ˌtʃæɡəˈtaɪ ˈkɑːn.eɪt/noun
A Central Asian Mongol successor state ruled by descendants of Chagatai, the second son of Genghis Khan, from the 13th to 17th centuries.
Did you know?Chagatai later became the name of a prestigious literary Turkic language used across Central Asia, including by the poet and ruler Babur.
Etymological Timeline
13th Century
Mongolian
Čaγatai
“Personal name of Chagatai, the second son of Genghis Khan; the name’s deeper original meaning is uncertain.”
13th Century
Mongolian
qan
“Ruler or sovereign; the title later conventionally written in English as khan.”
13th Century
Mongolian
ulus
“People, realm, or political domain; Mongol imperial territories were commonly conceived as ulus.”
1227–1242
Mongolian
Čaγatai ulus
“The realm or ulus assigned to Chagatai within the Mongol imperial succession.”
14th Century
Persian/Arabic
Ḫānāt-i Čaġatāy
“The khanate or dominion of Chagatai, a historical designation used in Islamic Central Asian sources.”
19th Century
English
Chagatai Khanate
“The modern English name for the Central Asian Mongol successor state, conventionally dated from 1227 to the late 17th century.”