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Qarachi
Turkic borrowed word from Mongolian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Qarachi (Tatar: Qaraçı) (sometimes spelled Kharachi) was the highest level of nobles (beys) within Turkic khanates of the 12th through 16th centuries.[1] These included the Siberia Khanate and Kazan Khanate. The name could be applied to the member of the four extended families: Shirin (Şirin), Barghen (Barğın), Arghen (Arğın), Qepchaq (Qıpçaq). These four were the leading non-royal clans of the Crimean Khanate.
The Qarachi beys acted as councillors and advised the Khan at court.[2] They exercised particular influence during the reigns of Jochi and then later in the Crimean Khanate.[1]
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