Tini Beg
تینی بک‎
Tinibeg as depicted in the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
Khan of the Golden Horde
Western Half (Blue Horde)
Reign1341–1342
PredecessorÖz Beg Khan
SuccessorJani Beg
Bornunknown date
Golden Horde
Died1342
Sarai
HouseBorjigin
DynastyGolden Horde
FatherÖz Beg Khan
MotherTaydula Khatun
ReligionIslam

Tini Beg (Turki/Kypchak: تینی بک‎; died 1342), also known as Dinibeg, was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1341 to 1342.

Biography

He was born to Öz Beg Khan and his principal wife Taydula Khatun.[1] He was appointed as governor of White Horde in c. 1328. Muslim sources such as Ibn Battuta claimed that he was the most favored son of Ozbeg and was designated as heir.[2] He became the expected heir after his elder brother Timur Beg's death in 1330.[3] The poet Qutb translated Nizami's "Khosrow and Shirin" for Tini Beg and his wife Malika Khatun. During his reign Volhynia was lost to Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Tini Beg was away, fighting against Chagatai raiders on the eastern border or White Horde of Jochid ulus, when his father Öz Beg died in 1341. Tini Beg's younger brother Jani Beg 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.[4]

Legacy

Tini Beg was remembered as more suitable man for the throne by Ibn Battuta.[2] He was considered pro-Christian[5] and received some letters from Benedict XII, who encouraged him to convert Christianity.[6]

Marriage

He had at least two wives:

Depiction in modern culture

Films

See also

References

  1. ^ Gibb, H. A. R. (trans.), The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa A. D. 1325-1354. Vol. 2. Cambridge, 1962: 486; Howorth, H. H., History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part II.1. London, 1880: 172 speculates that Tini Beg's mother's name was Sheritumgha Khatun, but this is contradicted by the primary sources.
  2. ^ a b Gibb, H. A. R. (2017-07-05). The Travels of Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1325-1354: Volume II. 490: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-53992-0.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Seleznëv, J. V., Èlita Zolotoj Ordy, Kazan', 2009: 74.
  4. ^ Gibb, H. A. R. (trans.), The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa A. D. 1325-1354. Vol. 2. Cambridge, 1962: 490; Seleznëv, J. V., Èlita Zolotoj Ordy, Kazan', 2009: 69, 74.
  5. ^ Spuler, Bertold (1969). The Muslim world: a historical survey. Brill Archive. p. 54.
  6. ^ Ryan, James D. (1998). "Christian Wives of Mongol Khans: Tartar Queens and Missionary Expectations in Asia". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 8 (3): 411–421. doi:10.1017/S1356186300010506. ISSN 1356-1863. JSTOR 25183572. S2CID 162220753.
  7. ^ "HÜSREV ü ŞÎRÎN - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi". TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. ^ Ta'rīkh-i Shaikh Uwais : (History of Shaikh Uais) : Am important source for the history of Adharbaijān in the fourteenth century. p. 58.

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Preceded byOzbeg Khan of the Golden Horde 1341–1342 Succeeded byJanibeg
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