Career
Sartaq succeeded Batu as khan of the Golden Horde. In 1252, Alexander Nevsky met with Sartaq at Sarai. Alexander received yarlyk (license) to become Grand Duke of Vladimir in vassalage to the Kipchak Khanate.
According to Lev Gumilev he became Sartaq"s anda (sworn brother, probably akin to blood brother) and an adopted son of Batu Khan.
Sartaq was a shaman similar to his father Batu Khan. His reign as khan of the Golden Horde was short-lived.
Their descendants include Ivan IV of Russia and innumerable families of Russian nobility.
