Tini Beg

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

Tini Beg
Tinibeg as depicted in the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
Khan of the Golden Horde Western Half (Blue Horde)
Reign	1341–1342
Predecessor	Öz Beg Khan
Successor	Jani Beg
Died	1342 Sarai
House	Borjigin
Dynasty	Golden Horde
Father	Öz Beg Khan
Mother	Taydula Khatun
Religion	Islam

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 Öz Beg and was designated his 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 the 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 younger son of Öz Beg, Khiḍr Beg, killed.^[4] 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.^[5] Jani Beg succeeded as khan.^[6]

Legacy

Tini Beg was remembered as a more suitable man for the throne by Ibn Battuta.^[2] He was considered pro-Christian^[7] and received some letters from Pope Benedict XII, who encouraged him to convert to Christianity.^[8]

Marriage

He had at least two wives:

• Jamila Malika Khatun^[9]
• Anushirwan Khatun (m. 1330/1) — daughter of Shaikh Ali Jalayir, brother of Hasan Buzurg^[10]

Depiction in modern culture

Films

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

See also

• List of khans of the Golden Horde