Golden Horde under Jani Beg

Name: Golden Horde under Jani Beg
Start: 1342
End: 1350

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1342–1350

Jani Beg took the Golden Horde throne in 1342 after his brother Tini Beg, ruling to 1357, maintaining suzerainty over the Volga-Caspian steppe and Ru…

Timeline

1342Sarai · Golden HordeIn 1342, Jani Beg, son of Özbeg, defeated and killed his brother Tini Beg in court infighting on the Volga steppe and formally ascended as khan of the Golden Horde.
1343–1349Volga-Dnieper trade corridor · Golden HordeUnder Jani Beg the Golden Horde continued to control Moscow, Tver, and other Russian grand principalities through investiture and tribute, and controlled trade-route taxes via the Caspian-Black Sea.
1347–1350Crimea · Golden HordeAround 1347 the Black Death spread along Eurasian trade routes into Crimean ports under Golden Horde control and quickly spread to Eastern Europe and Rus' lands, undermining the khanate's tax revenue and military mobilization capacity.

Sources

Golden Horde https://www.britannica.com/place/Golden-Horde
The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Chinggisid Age — Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank, Peter B. Golden (2009)