khanate · Central Asia and the Steppe

Ulus of Shiban

1242 CE – 1428 CE (approx.) · capital Chimgi-Tura

The appanage of Jochi's son Shiban in western Siberia and the southern Urals, from which the Shaybanid dynasties of Bukhara and Khiva descended.

Origins

Shiban, a son of Jochi, distinguished himself in Batu's western campaign of the late 1230s. In reward he received pastures east of the Urals, in the region of the Tobol, Tura and Irtysh, as an appanage within the Golden Horde.

Rule and society

The Shibanids ruled nomadic Kipchak and Mongol tribes and Siberian forest peoples, collecting furs, with Chimgi-Tura (later Tyumen) as a seat. They acted as junior members of the Jochid house, taking part in the Golden Horde's politics and civil wars in the 14th century, when several Shibanid princes claimed the throne at Sarai.

Decline and legacy

As the Golden Horde collapsed, the Shibanid Abu'l-Khayr Khan proclaimed himself khan in 1428, founding the Uzbek Khanate. Other Shibanids founded the Tyumen Khanate. Abu'l-Khayr's grandson Muhammad Shaybani later conquered Transoxiana, establishing the Khanate of Bukhara.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Ulus of ShibanUzbek Khanate 1428 CE – 1471 CE

Connections (1)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ulus of Shiban. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ulus-of-shiban
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“Ulus of Shiban.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ulus-of-shiban. Accessed .
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