Öz Beg | Mongol Empire, Khan, Conqueror | Britannica (original) (raw)

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In full:

Ghiyath Al-din Muhammad Öz Beg

Flourished:

c.1301 - c.1400

Öz Beg (flourished 14th century) was a Mongol leader and khan of the Golden Horde, or Kipchak empire, of southern Russia, under whom it attained its greatest power. He reigned from 1312 to 1341. Öz Beg was a convert to Islām, but he also welcomed Christian missionaries from western Europe into his realm. Öz Beg encouraged the predominance of the princes of Moscow among his Christian vassals; his name survives today in that of the Uzbek people and of Uzbekistan.

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