He was born to Abaqa and Nukdan Khatun, a Tatar lady in c.1259.[1] He was living in Jazira during Tekuder's reign and had to flee to Arghun in Khorasan after Qonqurtai's execution in 1284.[2] He was given as hostage to Tekuder by Arghun as a condition of truce in June 1284 and put in orda of Todai Khatun, his step-mother.[3] After Arghun's enthronement, he was confirmed as governor of Anatolia together with his uncle Hulachu.