Orda Khan

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Orda was a Mongol khan, the eldest grandson of Genghis Khan, son of Jöchi and the founder of White Horde. Orda was known to have participated in the massive Mongol invasion of Rus in 1237-1242.

At Genghis's death, he got the eastern part of Jochi's lands as his inheritance, which roughly comprised the territories lying between Lake Balkhash and the Volga river, where he founded the state of the White Horde. West of the Volga lay the lands of his younger brother Batu, known as the Blue Horde.

In 1241 he alongside with Chagatai's sons Baidar and Qaidan leaded the mongol diversionary force in Poland, fighting in the Battle of Legnica and after that passing throught Bohemia and joining the main mongol army in Hungary.

Orda probably died before he could consolidate his ülüs. His White Horde was a short lived state and soon got swallowed by the Blue Horde, giving rise to the more famous Golden Horde. However Orda's dynastic line lived on, frequently intriguing against Batu's descendants. One of Orda's descendants, Tokhtamysh, dethroned the Batukhanids and ascended the throne of the Golden Horde in the late 14th century.

Preceded by none

Khan of White Horde 1226 – 1280

Succeeded by Köchü