Shiban

Shiban or Shayban was a sub-commander in the White Horde. He was Jöchi's fifth son and a grandson of Genghis Khan. Because he was too young when his father died in 1227, he did not receive any lands at that time.

When Shiban was old enough, his oldest brother Batu gave him lands east of the Ural Mountains on the lower parts of the Syr Darya, Chu, and Sari Su rivers as winter quarters and the lands of the Ural River flowing off the east side of the Urals, north and east of the Volga, as summer quarters. Shiban was also given 15,000 families as a gift from his brother Orda, the origins of these peoples are not known. Thus Shiban's lands were somewhat between Batu's and Orda's, and in the northern part of the White Horde's territory.

Shiban's descendants are known as the Shaybanids; his male line continues down to the present time. One of Shiban’s sons, Balagha Bej (Prince Balagha) assisted Hulagu Khan in taking Baghdad in 1258. [ [http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/sources/baghdad.htm "The Mongol's besiege and capture Baghdad in 1258" De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History] ]

=See also=
* Khanate of Sibir

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References

* Grousset, R. "The Empire of the Steppes", New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1970 (translated by Naomi Walford from the French edition published by Payot, 1970), pp. 478-490 "et passim".