The book is a series of essays about the khans and rulers of the Golden Horde. Each essay is dedicated to an individual monarch or ruler, his origins, rise to power, history of reign and the circumstances of his death. Fourteen biographical essays chronologically cover almost the entire history of this state (mid-XIII - early XVI centuries), including all the most important events associated with its emergence, heyday, decline and collapse. Considerable attention is also paid to the foreign policy of the Horde rulers, their relations with Russia, the countries of Europe and the Muslim East.

CONTENTSPreface. Who are they - the “kings of the Horde”? Berke, or the Younger Brother Mengu-Timur, or the First Khan Nogai, or the Horde Kingmaker Tokta, or the Most talented and ambitious among the sons of Mengu-Timur Uzbek, or the “Golden Age” of the Golden Horde Dzhanibek, or the “Good Khan” Mamai, or The Rise and Fall of titanus Pulad, or The Mysterious Khan of the Time of TroublesArabshah, or the Scourge of the Russian OutskirtsToktamysh, or the “New Genghis Khan”Edigei, or The Last Attempt to Revive the Great HordeUlug-Muhammad, or From Saray to KazanAkhmat, or The Collapse of the HordeSheikh-Ahmed, or The Last Khan and his brothersAfterword. The legacy of the “Kings of the Horde”ChronologyGenealogical tablesBibliography