A Christian Khan of the Golden Horde? ‘Coktoganus’ and the geopolitics of the Golden Horde at the time of its Islamisation

Abstract: In the reign of Özbek Khan, the Franciscans kept the relics of an important individual in a church near the city of Saray. This individual, called Coktoganus, is occasionally referred to as a khan in historic sources, and the Franciscans considered him a saint, who had a reputation for wor...

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Main Author: Thomas Tanase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2018-10-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/10685