Sartaq Khan

Sartaq Khan (died 1256 or 1257) was the eldest son of Batu Khan and succeeded his father as ruler of the Golden Horde in 1255 or 1256, confirmed by the great khan Möngke. A Nestorian Christian who kept Mongol shamanist customs, he had overseen Russian affairs under Batu.

Alexander Nevsky secured the grand principality of Vladimir through his judgment. Sartaq held his own horde west of the Volga and built a Nestorian church there, but died within a year of taking power.