Qadir Buqu Khan

Who he is

Name

Qadir Buqu Khan (TDV: Katir Buku Han)

Title

khan of the Qipchaq of Sighnaq

Since

not pinned

Born

not pinned

Family

not pinned

Confidence

medium

Juvaini (Boyle) vol. I; TDV 'Tekis, Alaeddin'.

Overlord

None; beaten and captured by the Khwarazmshah about 1197-98.

What it holds

• The pastures north of the Syr Darya between Jand's country and the Qara Tau (claimed)

Allies and rivals

Enemy of Tekish; the Uran clans sided with him in the first campaign.

How things stand that morning

A prisoner in Khwarazm since early 1198, as far as the sources go; no release is recorded in the sources checked. Who leads his people on 1 January 1200 is not pinned. Sighnaq town itself is written on the Transoxiana pages (tra).

Wealth

Herds; the Sighnaq crossing and market.

Military

Qipchaq horsemen; no numbers.

Threats

• The Khwarazmshah
• The Qara Khitai

Where the sources disagree

• Dating: Juvaini dates the dispatch of the captives to Khwarazm to Rabi II 594 (February-March 1198); TDV gives no year.

Evidence: Known from one dated campaign narrative; his later fate is not recorded in the sources checked.

On the map: A reconstructed range; Sighnaq town and the river south of it are on the tra pages.

Primary sources for Kangli and Qipchaq

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The History of the World Conqueror, Ata-Malik Juvayni (1252 to 1260). Written for the Mongols but with a long retrospective on the powers they destroyed. Read online
• The Life of Sultan Jalal al-Din Mankubirti, Shihab al-Din Muhammad al-Nasawi (about 1241, at Aleppo). A Khwarazmian secretary's life of the last Khwarazmshah. Read online