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'''Nogai''' (died 1299/1300), also called '''Nohai''', '''Nokhai''', '''Nogay''', '''Noqai''',<ref>Rashid Al-Din, ''The Successors of Genghis Khan'', trans. John Boyle. Page 113.</ref> Ngoche, Noche, '''Kara Nokhai''', and '''Isa Nogai''',<ref>G. V. Vernadsky, ''The Mongols and Rus''</ref> was a [[general]] and [[kingmaker]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Mongol World Empire|page=219|author=Paul D. Buell|author2=Francesca Fiaschetti|year=2003}}</ref> of the [[Golden Horde]] and a great-great-grandson of [[Genghis Khan]]. His grandfather was Bo'al/Baul/Teval Khan, the 7th son of [[Jochi]]. Nogai Khan was also a notable [[convert to
Though he never formally ruled the Golden Horde himself, he was effectively the co-ruler of the state alongside whatever khan was in power at the time, and had unrestricted control over the portions west of the Dnieper. At his height, Nogai was one of the most powerful men in Europe, and widely thought of as the Horde's true head. The Russian chroniclers gave him the title of tsar, and the Franciscan missionaries in the Crimea spoke of him as a co-emperor.<ref>J. J. Saunders, ''The History of the Mongol Conquests'', p. 162.</ref>
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