Tini Beg (Turki/Kypchak: تینی بک; died 1342), also known as Dinibeg or Tinibek, was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1341 to 1342. He lost the throne to his younger brother Jani Beg.
Biography He was born to Öz Beg Khan and his principal wife Taydula Khatun.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. 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. He became the expected heir after his elder brother Timur Beg's death in 1330.Seleznëv, J. V., Èlita Zolotoj Ordy, Kazan', 2009: 74. 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. 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 him as khan in 1342, when the kurultai elected him.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. Khiḍr Beg, a younger brother, was also killed on the orders of Jani Beg.
Legacy Tini Beg was remembered as a more suitable man for the throne by Ibn Battuta. He was considered pro-Christian and received some letters from Pope Benedict XII, who encouraged him to convert to Christianity.
Marriage He had at least two wives:
Jamila Malika Khatun Anushirwan Khatun (m. 1330/1) — daughter of Shaikh Ali Jalayir, brother of Hasan Buzurg
In popular culture He is played by the Russian actor Andrei Panin in the 2012 film The Horde
Genealogy Genghis Khan Jochi Batu Khan Toqoqan Mengu-Timur Togrilcha Uzbeg Khan Tini Beg
See also List of khans of the Golden Horde
References
Sources David Morgan, The Mongols