# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tokhtamysh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:34.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tokhtamysh"
name: "Tokhtamysh"
slug: "tokhtamysh"
description: "Khan of the Golden Horde who rebuilt a fractured empire, sacked Moscow in 1382 to drag Russian principalities back into vassalage, then lost it all when his former patron Timur turned on him and crushed him twice."
tagline: "Khan of the Golden Horde"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Battle_between_Timur_and_Toqtamish_Khan_in_1391._Zafarnama_of_1436_(Toqtamish_detail).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1342"
deathDate: "1406"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.032285961372152
  historical:           22.84745466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тоқтамыс хан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 1342 into the House of Borjigin with Genghis Khan's blood, Tokhtamysh spent his early years fighting his father's cousin Urus Khan and his sons for survival. He turned to the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur for backing and with that help defeated his enemies, rising from fugitive to khan in 1380 during the Golden Horde's long collapse. He moved quickly, consolidating the Blue and White Hordes into a single polity, then led an expedition north and besieged Moscow in 1382, reasserting Tatar–Mongol control and restarting the flow of tribute. The military confrontations with Timur became the hinge: his former protector invaded the Golden Horde and defeated him twice, crushing defeats that undid everything Tokhtamysh had built and led to his destruction. He died in 1406, often called the last great ruler of the Golden Horde.