2026, vol. 14, no. 1. Reva R.Yu.

2026, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 96-116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2026-14-1.96-116

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   MAHMUD – TIGENE – MAHMUD.
ABOUT ONE DYNASTY OF THE GOLDEN HORDE BEKS

R.Yu. Reva
Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
roman04reva@yandex.ru

Abstract. Research objective: the purpose of this article is to attempt to determine the tribe to which the recently discovered dynastic line of Golden Horde beks belonged.
Reserch materiials: numismatic material of the Juchid state of the 13th-15th centuries, medieval written sources, historical, numismatic and ethnographic studies of domestic and foreign authors.
Results and novelty of the research: earlier, as a result of numismatic research, it was established that in the 1430s – early 1440s, a certain dynasty of beks Mahmud – Tigene – Mahmud minted coins at their own Bik-Bazar. For some time, these emirs served Khan Muhammad, Timur’s son. Earlier, it was assumed that these beks belonged to the Shirin clan. However, a more careful examination of numismatic facts, information from written sources, ethnographic materials, and a study of the tamgas, one of which stands above the name Mahmud on his coins, leads to a different conclusion. The author believes that the discovered dynasty belonged to another clan of the Golden Horde elite. Most likely, to the Uishin.

Keywords: Juchids, Great Horde, Numagan, Mahmud, Tigene, Shirin, Uyshin, Ming, Kangly, Katay, Ryazan, coins, tamga

For citation: Reva R.Yu. Mahmud – Tigene – Mahmud. About one dynasty of the Golden Horde beks. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2026, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 96–116. https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2026-14-1.96-116 (In Russian)

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roman Yu. Reva – expert of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in the category “Numismatic materials of the East (3rd century BC – 20th century AD)”; co-founder of the Novosibirsk city public organization of lovers of antiquity (2, Elektrozavodskaya Str., Novosibirsk 630015, Russian Federation). E-mail: roman04reva@yandex.ru

Received  11.05.2025
Revised  02.02.2026
Accepted  09.03.2026