Qarachi () (sometimes spelled Kharachi) was the highest level of
nobles (beys) within
Turkic khanate
A khanate ( ) or khaganate refers to historic polity, polities ruled by a Khan (title), khan, khagan, khatun, or khanum. Khanates were typically nomadic Mongol and Turkic peoples, Turkic or Tatars, Tatar societies located on the Eurasian Steppe, ...
s of the 12th through 16th centuries.
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.
They exercised particular influence during the reigns of
Jochi
Jochi (; ), also spelled Jüchi, was a prince of the early Mongol Empire. His life was marked by controversy over the circumstances of his birth and culminated in his estrangement from his family. He was nevertheless a prominent Military of the ...
and then later in the
Crimean Khanate.
References
History of Tatarstan
Khanate of Sibir
Turkic words and phrases
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