Talabuga Talabuga , Tulabuga , Talubuga or Telubuga was the khan of the Golden Horde between 1287 and 1291 . He was the son of Tartu and great - grandson of Batu Khan . He assumed the power in the Golden Horde in 1287 with the help of Nogai Khan , but was dethroned four years later by the same , replaced by Tokhta . Military career . European Campaigns . He attended the Mongol invasion of Lithuania with Nogai under the command of Burundai in 1259 . Alongside Nogai Khan , he led the second Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1284 - 1285 and the third Mongol raid against Poland in 1287 . Despite initial success most of attacks were unsuccessful . As a matter of rule , Galichian and Rus ' dukes were ordered to go on the raid on Hungary together with Tulabuga and Nogai as well in 1285 . Although Nogai and his Tatars plundered villages and some cities , they were beaten by the Hungarian royal army and vlach s on their way back . For Tulabuga , his army strayed in the Carpathian Mountains and lost horses due to cold weather . Soon after that , Nogai made him the khan of Jochid Ulus and overthrew the previous khan . Tulabuga shared his authority with his brother and cousins who were sons of Mongke Temur Khan . Their next raid clearly showed disagreements and tensions among them . In 1286 khan Telebuga decided to organize the raid on Poland , and probably together with Nogai . For this purpose , khan Telebuga arrived with the armies to Nogai ' s headquarters but there was " a great disagreement between them " and in the end khan Telebuga moved against Poland himself . Khan Telebuga left part of his troops in Volodymyr ( then capital of Galicia - Volhynia ) and moved against Poland together with Rus ' regiments . Note that Tatars - Mongols had plundered Volhynian land by that . Tatar - Rus ' troops were advancing towards Cracow through Sandomierz and Zawichost . Mongols returned with 20 , 000 Polish captives . In 1287 , there was one more raid of khan Telebuga into Poland . This time together with Alguy , son of Mengu - Timur . On the way back , Telebuga was accompanied by Dukes Leo and Mstislav to Lviv . At this point Duke Vladimir , in the presence of Telebuga and Alguy , decided to pass his throne to Mstislav ( son of Danylo ) . Duke Leo attempted to break this act later , taking into consideration existence of " his friend " khan Nogai , but Mstislav forced him to withdraw , explaining that the power transfer was made and agreed by the rulers of the Golden Horde and their counselors , frightening to complain to the Golden Horde . In 1290 , He and Nogai attacked the land of Cerco ( probably Circassians or Kyrgyzs ) . Weather turned out to be cold . Nogai left him and returned to his Horde . The Khan lost all of his companions and troops except his chief khatun . Tulabuga suspected Nogai was behind the failure . Wars against the Ilkhanate . Tulabuga was primarily focused on Europe . During his reign , Jochi d army invaded Ilkhanate through Caucasus in 1288 and 1290 . Both attempts were repelled by Arghun . All these actions made his reputation inglorious among Mongol nobles . But He never sent envoys to Egypt to fight against his relatives in Persia . Death . Russian principalities were divided among the Khan and Nogai . Nogai exercised his control over North - western part of Rus while North and Eastern princes sided with Tulabuga . Tulabuga was not satisfied with such a disintegration of his empire . Nogai called the khan on meeting with Chingis ids and fooled him . Tulabuga , who came without bodyguards , was ambushed and arrested . Nogai had Tulabuga executed by Tokhta in 1290 / 1291 .