Система правления монголов в Закавказье в середине XIII в.

Introduction. This article analyzes major events in Transcaucasia's socio-economic or political history after the Mongol conquest, which had a crucial impact on the subsequent historical developments of this region. Materials and methods. The article employed historical-critical, historical-comparative, and analytical methodologies to analyze often contradictory and fragmented information in medieval sources. Results. Being interested in effective socio-economic exploitation of the region, the Great Khaans sought to make changes in the military-feudal elite squad that had formed in Transcaucasia and Iran after the Mongol conquest and to remove civil and financial powers from this elite. Arghun Aqa came to Iran or Transcaucasia as Güyük Khan's representative for neutralizing the resistance of the group led by Baiju Noyan and conducted a census in 1254 to establish taxation norms. These regional governance changes in Iran and Transcaucasia sparked a fierce conflict between the Great Khaans along with Batu Khan, who led the Ulus of Jochi to claim authority over the region. This stage of the struggle between the Great Khaans and the Ulus of Jochi resulted in compromise. The basqaq, a representative of Batu Khan, was to collect part of the taxes from Transcaucasia. The Georgian-Armenian feudal nobility of Transcaucasia was also drawn into the struggle between these two factions of the Mongol elite. Seeking to preserve their privileges, they aligned themselves with one or the other of the aforementioned warring parties.