Dawlat Berdi

Dawlat Berdi (Turki/Kypchak and Persian: دولت بردی; died 1432), also known as Devlet Berdi, was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1419 to 1421, and again from 1428 until his death in 1432. He was the son of Jabbar Berdi and a descendant of Berke Khan.

Dawlat Berdi
Silver coin found in Kaffa bearing Dawlat Berdi's name
Khan of the Golden Horde (1st reign)
Reign	1419–1421
Predecessor	Hajji Muhammad Khan ibn Oghlan Ali
Successor	Barak Khan
Khan of the Golden Horde (2nd reign)
Reign	1428–1432
Predecessor	Barak Khan
Successor	Sayid Ahmad I
Died	1432
Dynasty	Borjigin
Father	Jabbar Berdi
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

His first reign was brief, lasting from 1419 to 1421, when he and his rival Ulugh Muhammad were defeated by Baraq.^[1] After Baraq's assassination in 1427, Dawlat established himself in Crimea. Ulugh Muhammad attempted an invasion of his territory in 1430, but was unable to defeat Berdi and retreated following the death of Vytautas, his main supporter.

Due to the efforts of Hacı I Giray Dawlat was never able to consolidate control over Crimea^[2] and was assassinated in 1432. His son, Äxmät, proved unable to resist the combined forces of Ulugh Muhammad and the Crimean Tatars and was defeated the following year, leading to the creation of the Crimean Khanate.^[3]

An unnamed daughter may have become the wife of John IV of Trebizond.

Genealogy

• Genghis Khan
• Jochi
• Orda Khan
• Sartaqtay
• Köchü
• Bayan
• Sasibuqa
• Ilbasan
• Chimtay
• Tuli Kwadja
• Tokhtamysh
• Jabbar Berdi
• Dawlat Berdi

See also

• List of khans of the Golden Horde
• Siege of Sarai