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Jani Beg
Jani Beg (died 1357) also called Djanibek Khan was a Khan of the Golden Horde from 1342 to 1357, succeeding his father Öz Beg Khan.
Reign.
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 Rus principalities and of Lithuania. The Grand Princes of Moscow, Simeon Gordiy, and Ivan II, were under constant political and military pressure from Jani Beg.
Jani Beg commanded a
castles of Shirvan. After this invasion sources stop to mention Shirvanshah Keykubad I which means he was probably died of old age between 1348 and 1356.
Sole reign.
After death of his father he forged an alliance with Golden Horde khan Jani Beg and invited him to Azerbaijan. Aided by Shirvanshahs, Golden Horde army captured Tabriz. Malek Ashraf was executed by Jani Beg on demands of Kavus for the joy of local populace in 1357. Kavus sent his troops under his son Prince Noder to fight Chupanid remnants led by Akhijuq