Jani Beg

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Jani Beg

Dschani Beg or Dschanibek († 1357 ) was Khan of the Golden Horde between 1342 and his death in 1357, the last legitimate ruler of this state.

The son of Uzbek Khan came to power after the death of his father and the elimination of two brothers in (New) Sarai . Despite the fratricide, he is considered just, godly, and meritorious. Above all, he gathered the scholars around him and encouraged them.

During his reign, the Golden Horde was badly affected by the Great Plague in 1346–49. The Crimean trade and the activity of delegates to Egypt fell sharply. Nonetheless, Dschani Beg was not idle: In Russia he undermined the supremacy of Simeon of Moscow by redistributing the tax collection that had made the rise of the Grand Duchy of Moscow possible. The Khan apparently had to struggle with internal signs of decline, because there were signs of divergent alliance policies of subordinate Tartar princes towards Poland and Lithuania (1356). Shortly before his death, Dschani Beg still occupied Tabriz , much sought-after by his predecessors , but hastily retreated to Sarai, where he died in 1357.

His son Berdi Beg tried to keep himself in power through many fratricides, but was poisoned in 1359, so that the Golden Horde broke up and the Emir Mamai played himself in the foreground.

predecessor Office successor
Uzbek Khan Khan of the Golden Horde
1342-1357
Berdi Beg