Bikhakhanim
Taman peninsula
, c. 1870.Bikhakhanim (d. after 1419), was the reigning princess of a small polity located on the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia.
She may have been of
However, "Beki" means "Ruling Woman" in
descendant of Genghis Khan (equivalent to "Khan" for a male). 1419 was the year that the sons of Tokhtamysh Khan of the Golden Horde killed his rival Edigu the Khan of the Nogai Horde as a continuation of the Tokhtamysh–Timur war
and reestablished control over the region.
Bikhakhanim was married in 1419 to the
Zacharias de Guizolfi
, was still reigning in 1482.
See also
- Gazaria
- Ghisolfi
- Tmutarakan
Notes
References
- Brosset, Marie-Félicité. Hist. de la Géorgie.
- Brun, F. K. Trudy Pervago Archeologickeskago Syezda v Moskve, 1869, ii. 386
- Löwe, Richard. Die Reste der Germanen am Schwarzen Meere, p. 42, Halle, 1896.
- Rosenthal, Herman. "Bikhakhanim". Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906.
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