Tini Beg ( tt-Arab, تينه بك), also known as Dinibeg, was the khan of the

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongols, Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fr ...

from 1341 to 1342.

Biography

He was born to

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and his principal wife

Taydula Khatun Taydula Khatun (Tay-Dūla Ḫātūn, died 1360) was a queen consort of the Mongol Golden Horde as wife of Öz Beg Khan (1313-1341) and (apparently) Nawruz Beg Khan (1360). She was also the mother of the khans Tini Beg (1341-1342) and Jani Beg ( ...

. He was appointed as governor of

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in c. 1328. Muslim sources such as

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claimed that he was the most favored son of Ozbeg and was designated as heir. He became the expected heir after his elder brother Timur Beg's death in 1330. The poet Qutb translated Nizami's "

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" for Tini Beg and his wife Malika Khatun. During his reign

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was lost to

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. Tini Beg was away, fighting against Chagatai raiders on the eastern border or

of Jochid ulus, when his father Öz Beg died in 1341. Tini Beg's younger brother

Jani Beg Jani Beg ( fa, , tt-Latn, Canibäk), also known as Djanibek Khan, was a Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357, succeeding his father Öz Beg Khan. Reign With the support of his mother Taydula Khatun, Jani Beg made himself khan after eli ...

served as regent, aided by their mother Taydula Khatun. In obscure circumstances, Jani Beg had another of Öz Beg's sons, Khiḍr Beg, killed. When Taydula heard that Tini Beg was on his way back to the court in 1342, fearing for Jani Beg, she incited the emirs to kill Tini Beg, at Saray-Jük. Jani Beg succeeded as khan.

Legacy

Tini Beg was remembered as more suitable man for the throne by Ibn Battuta. He was considered pro-Christian and received some letters from Benedict XII, who encouraged him to convert Christianity.

Marriage

He had at least two wives: * Jamila Malika Khatun * Anushirwan Khatun (m. 1330/1) — daughter of Shaikh Ali Jalayir, brother of

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Depiction in modern culture

Films

* He is played by the Russian actor Andrei Panin in the 2012 film of The Horde

References

Sources

* David Morgan, ''The Mongols'' Year of birth missing 1342 deaths Mongol Empire Muslims Khans of the Golden Horde 14th-century monarchs in Europe {{royal-stub