Chagatai Khanate

Цагаадайн Хаант Улс
Tsagadaina Khaanat Ulus
Status
  • Nomadic empire
  • Division of the Mongol Empire
CapitalAlmaliq, Qarshi
Common languagesMongolian, Chagatai language
Religion
  • Shamanism, Buddhism, Tengrism (earlier)
  • Sunni Islam (later), Naqshbandi[citation needed]
GovernmentSemi-elective monarchy, later hereditary monarchy
Khan 
• 1225–1242
Chagatai Khan
LegislatureKurultai
Historical eraLate Middle Ages
• Chagatai Khan inherited part of Mongol Empire
1225
• Death of Chagatai
1242
• Chagatai Khanate split into Western Chagatai Khanate and Moghulistan
1340s
• End of the western empire
1370
• End of the eastern empire
1680s