Öz Beg

Type Figure Region Golden Horde Time 1282–1341 Also known as Öz Beg Khan、Uzbek

Öz Beg (1282–1341) was khan of the Golden Horde, reigning 1313–1341; active as a prince and commander of a tumen in Khwarazm and west of the Volga fr…

Timeline

1301–1310Khwarazm · Western Golden HordeFrom 1301 to 1310 Öz Beg, as Tokhta's nephew, was active in Khwarazm and west of the Volga, commanding a tumen and taking part in military operations on the Rus' and Polish frontiers. Already inclined toward Islam, he courted support from Muslim and Turkic nobles, and conflicts deepened with the Sarai khanate still dominated by Tokhta over succession and power distribution, laying the groundwork for the 1312–1313 coup.

Sources

Öz Beg — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oz-Beg
The Cambridge History of Inner Asia — Denis Sinor (1990)