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Tuqachar Barlas
Borjigin
Military Commander of Mongol Empire
Servicing? – November 1220
KhaganGenghis Khan
Born?
Mongolian Plateau
DiedNovember 1220
Nishapur
(Present Day Iran)
WifeDaughter of
Genghis Khan
Names
Tuqachar Kuregan Barlas
Era dates
(13th–Centuries)
HouseBorjigid
FatherSuqu Sechen
ReligionTengrism
OccupationMilitary commander
Administrator
Advisor
Military career
AllegianceMongol Empire
RankMilitary Commander
Battles / warsSiege of Nishapur (1221)

Tuqachar Barlas or, Tuqhachar Barlas also known as Tughachar Barlas, full name Tuqachar Kuregan Barlas, (Mongolian: Тукачар Куреган Барлас d. November 1220) was mentioned extensively in The Secret History of Mongols. He was a Barlas-Borjigin member sub-clan of Borjigids and Mongol military commander during the Siege of Nishapur in 1220.[1] He was the son of Suqu Sechen, son-in-law to Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. He was the brother of Qarachar, the founder of Barlas confederation, and Qubilai, who was a companion of Genghis Khan.[1] He was killed with an arrow during the Siege of Nishapur.[1] He was the direct paternal ancestry-uncle of Timur the Mongol conquer who founded the Timurid Empire.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c Igor de Rachewiltz, The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century (Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands) at xxvi.
  2. ^ B.F. Manz, The rise and rule of Tamerlan, Cambridge University Press, 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 ..."