Chagatai Khan

ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ Chagatai Khan
Khan
Statue of Chagatai Khan in Mongolia
Khan of the Chagatai Khanate
Reign	18 August 1227 – 1 July 1242
Successor	Qara Hülëgü
Viziers	Qarachar Habash Amid Vajir Baha al-Din Marghinani
Born	22 December 1183 Khamag Mongol
Died	1 July 1242 (aged 58) Almaligh, Chagatai Khanate
Consort	Yesulun Khatun Togan Khatun Sevinch Khatun
Issue	Mutukan Baidar Yesü Möngke
House	Borjigin
Father	Genghis Khan
Mother	Börte
Religion	Tengrism

Chagatai Khan (Mongolian script: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ; Čaɣatay; Mongolian: Цагадай, romanized: Tsagadai; Chagatay: چغتای, Čaġatāy; Uyghur: چاغاتاي خان, Chaghatay-Xan; Chinese: 察合台, Chágětái; Persian: جغتای, Joghatây; 22 December 1183 – 1 July 1242) was the second son of Genghis Khan and Börte. He was appointed by Genghis Khan to oversee the execution of the Yassa, the written code of law created by Genghis Khan in the Mongol Empire.^[1] He inherited most of the Central Asian Mongol territory after the death of his father.^[2]