Negudar (also known as ''Nikudar'' or ''Neguder'') was a
Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
general under
Berke
Berke Khan (died 1266/1267; also Birkai; Turki/ Kypchak: برکه خان, , ) was a grandson of Genghis Khan from his son Jochi and a Mongol military commander and ruler of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire, who effectively c ...
, and a
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as ''Ulug Ulus'' ( in Turkic) was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the division of ...
Noyan. With many other Golden Horde generals, he embraced
Islam
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in the late 13th century. He subsequently took the Muslim name of Ahmad Khan.
Before the
conflicts between Berke and Hulagu, Negudar fostered peace in
Eastern Khorasan and its surrounding areas in Central Asia. Neguder with other generals of the
Mongol Empire
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raided the northwest parts of the
Delhi Sultanate
The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a Medieval India, late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for more than three centuries. in the 1230s. When war hostilities broke out between Berke and
Hulagu
Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulagu; ; ; ; ( 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia. As a son of Tolui and the Keraite princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Ar ...
in 1260, Negudar assumed control over a sizeable portion of Berke's forces primarily in
Ghazni
Ghazni (, ), historically known as Ghaznayn () or Ghazna (), also transliterated as Ghuznee, and anciently known as Alexandria in Opiana (), is a city in southeastern Afghanistan with a population of around 190,000 people. The city is strategica ...
and eastern
Afghanistan
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.
Negudar and his forces ultimately settled in various parts of modern-day Afghanistan including
Kabul
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[''India as Seen by Babur, AD 1504–1530'' by R. Nath, pg. 23] and
Herat
Herāt (; Dari/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Se ...
. Mongols in Afghanistan adopted his name later as they merged into
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate, also known as the Chagatai Ulus, was a Mongol and later Turkification, Turkicized khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan, second son of Genghis Khan, and his descendants and successors. At its height in the l ...
during the reign of
Alghu. Today,
Nikudari, an archaic form of the Mongolian language extinct in Mongolia, is preserved in Afghanistan and named after Negudar.
References
13th-century Mongols
Generals of the Mongol Empire
Converts to Islam
Mongol Empire Muslims
Golden Horde
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