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- Also spelled:
- Uzbek
- In full:
- Ghiyath Al-din Muhammad Öz Beg
- Flourished:
- 14th century
- Flourished:
- c.1301 - c.1400
- Title / Office:
- khan (1313-1341), Golden Horde
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Öz Beg
Mongolian leader
Also known as: Özbeg, Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Öz Beg, Uzbeck, Uzbek(Show More)
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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