Chagatai Khanate Цагаадайн Хаант Улс Tsagadaina Khaanat Ulus
Status | Nomadic empire Division of the Mongol Empire
Capital | Almaliq, Qarshi
Common languages | Mongolian, Chagatai language
Religion | Shamanism, Buddhism, Tengrism (earlier) Sunni Islam (later), Naqshbandi[citation needed]
Government | Semi-elective monarchy, later hereditary monarchy
Khan |
• 1225–1242 | Chagatai Khan
Legislature | Kurultai
Historical era | Late 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