Taibuga, the first Khan of the Khanate of Sibir, came to power in the 15th century as a result of the power vacuum caused by the breakup of the Mongol Empire. Some legendary accounts identify him as a noble from Bukhara and associate him with the conversion of Sibir to Islam.[1]
The facts of his reign remain relatively unclear, but it appears he was a shamanist.[2] Taibuga is said[by whom?] to have driven the forces of Novgorod from his land.[3] He is also at times spoken of[by whom?] as the ancestor not just of the Khans but of the whole ruling elite of Sibir.[4]