mamay
Mamay, also transliterated Mamaj, was a prominent warlord and political figure of the Golden Horde in the mid-14th century. He rose to influence during a period of internecine power struggles that followed the decline of centralized khanate authority, particularly in the western parts of the Horde. Rather than declaring himself khan, Mamay functioned as a power broker who controlled military and administrative affairs, backing puppet rulers to legitimize his grip on power.
As a leading figure in the Horde’s politics, Mamay led campaigns against rival polities and sought to
Mamay’s most significant engagement for broader history was the campaign against Moscow culminating in the Battle
The figure’s death and the exact timeline are sources of some variance, but the late 1370s to