Nawruz Beg
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Nawruz Beg was a son of Jani Beg
and Khan of the Blue Horde. He succeeded to the throne after murdering his brother Qulpa
, though like his brothers, his reign lasted a year before he himself died; the cause of his death it unknown. Nawruz Beg's death precipitated the period of anarchy in which over twenty khans succeeded in various parts of the horde, many of them concurrent, and having no real claim to the throne, Mamai
being the most capable and famous of these.
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...
and Khan of the Blue Horde. He succeeded to the throne after murdering 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....
, though like his brothers, his reign lasted a year before he himself died; the cause of his death it unknown. Nawruz Beg's death precipitated the period of anarchy in which over twenty khans succeeded in various parts of the horde, many of them concurrent, and having no real claim to the throne, 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....
being the most capable and famous of these.