Mamay, master of the Dasht
ماماي صاحب الدست
Mamay, the Tatar amir who subdued the Qipchaq Dasht from its outskirts, held the districts of Haji Cherkes in Manj Tarkhan, stripped all the usurpers and effaced them — and on his death the throne of Saray and its domains settled for Toqtamish ibn Burdbik.
At a glance
- Roles
- military-commander
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Overview
Mamay, a Tatar amir who took control of the Dasht-i Qipchaq. Ibn Khaldun mentions him in the reports of Timur's wars with Toqtamish. 1
What Ibn Khaldun reports
He began from the outskirts of the Dasht, and ruled the lands of Haji Sharkas in Manj Tarkhan. He stripped from the usurpers what they held and wiped out their trace. Then he died, and the kingdom was settled at Sarai and its districts for Toqtamish ibn Burdibek. 1
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Mamay, master of the Dasht”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mamay-dashti/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.