Tuqachar Barlas or, Tuqhachar Barlas also known as Tughachar Barlas, full name Tuqachar Kuregan Barlas, (

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: Тукачар Куреган Барлас d. November 1220) was mentioned extensively in ''

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''. He was a member Khiyad-Borjigid from sub-clan of

Barlas The Barlas (;Grupper, S. M. 'A Barulas Family Narrative in the Yuan Shih: Some Neglected Prosopographical and Institutional Sources on Timurid Origins'. Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 8 (1992–94): 11–97 Chagatay language, Chagatay/ ''Barlās'' ...

, and

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during the Siege of Nishapur in 1220.Igor de Rachewiltz, ''The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century'' (Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands) at xxvi. He was the son of

Suqu Sechen Sequ Sechen Barlas or, Suqu Sechen mean (The Sage) (Mongolian script, Mongolian: Суку Сечен Барлас, living in the 12th–Centuries and approx. lives even after 1190s) was a Borjigin member from Barulas Clan, Barulas Branch and Advi ...

, son-in-law to

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, the founder of the

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. He was the brother of Qarachar, the founder of Barlas confederation, and Qubilai, who was a companion of Genghis Khan. He was killed with an arrow during the Siege of Nishapur. he was the direct paternal great-great-great-great-uncle of

Timur Timur, also known as Tamerlane (1320s17/18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeat ...

the

conquer who founded the

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.B.F. Manz, ''The rise and rule of Tamerlan'',

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, Cambridge 1989, p. 28: "... We know definitely that the leading clan of the Barlas tribe traced its origin to Qarachar Barlas, head of one of Chaghadai's regiments ... These then were the most prominent members of the Ulus Chaghadai: the old Mongolian tribes — Barlas, Arlat, Soldus and Jalayir ..."

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{{Reflist Mongol Empire people Generals of the Mongol Empire Borjigin Barlas 13th-century Mongols 1220 deaths Date of birth unknown

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