- Taibuga
Taibuga was the first Khan of the
Khanate of Siber . He came to power as a result of the power vacuum caused by the breakup of theMongolian Empire .The facts of his reign are not totally clear, but it appears he was a
Shamanist . [http://books.google.com/books?id=b_YUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1062&lpg=PA1062&dq=Taibuga&source=web&ots=yupaOjWSNr&sig=pjekcy24RcteSvJGck2lFeHDQaw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result] Taibuga is said to have been the son of a chieftain named On and to have driven the forces ofNovgorod from his land. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13767b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Siberia ] ] He is also at times spoken of as the ancestor not just of the Khans but the whole ruling elite of Sibir. [http://books.google.com/books?id=nzhq85nPrdsC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Taibuga&source=web&ots=UAvXfYMbV2&sig=lz6t6OH4NlPIcClGxWcuEHB46gw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result]References
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