Berdi Beg
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Berdi Beg was Khan of the Golden Horde
from 1357 till 1359, succeeding his father Jani Beg
of whom Berdi Beg may have been behind the poisoning. His reign was marked by turmoil and political murders, and in 1359 he was assassinated by his brother Qulpa
, after which the Golden Horde fell apart. He had one unnamed daughter who was the wife of Mamai
.
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire...
from 1357 till 1359, succeeding his father Jani Beg
Jani Beg
Jani Beg was a khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357, succeeding his father Uzbeg Khan.After putting two of his brothers to death, Jani Beg crowned himself in Saray-Jük. He is known to have actively interfered in the affairs of Russian principalities and of Lithuania...
of whom Berdi Beg may have been behind the poisoning. His reign was marked by turmoil and political murders, and in 1359 he was assassinated by his brother Qulpa
Qulpa
Qulpa was Khan of the Blue Horde from 1359 till 1360, after having deposed his brother Berdi Beg. Ruling for just a year, Qulpa was murdered by another brother in 1360....
, after which the Golden Horde fell apart. He had one unnamed daughter who was the wife of Mamai
Mamai
Mamai of Borjigin kin, was a powerful military commander of the Blue Horde in the 1370s which is now the Southern Ukrainian Steppes and the Crimean Peninsula....
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