Jani Beg's assassination in 1357 opened a quarter-century of political turmoil within the Golden Horde. Twenty-five khans succeeded each other between 1357 and 1378. Catalan Atlas (1375) Jani Beg appears in the 1375 Catalan Atlas: the Mongol polity of the Golden Horde is accurately depicted north of the Caspian sea. Jani Beg has been identified in this representation, being mentioned as "Jambech senyor de Sarra", and the flag of the Golden Horde also appears (). The caption to the right of his depiction reads: The symbolism of the Golden Horde flag depicted by the Catalan Atlas () is fairly similar to the type of tamgha symbols (such as ) actually found on the coinage of the Golden Horde. Such symbols were used until the time of Jani Beg, but essentially disappear thereafter. Family Jani Beg had a number of sons, only one of whom, Berdi Beg, reigned after him but who proceeded to eliminate his brothers. Two or three more khans appear to have claimed to be Jani Beg's sons and are sometimes treated as such by modern scholars. Berdi Beg (r. 1357–1359) (pretended?) Qulpa (r. 1359–1360) (pretended?) Nawruz Beg (r. 1360) (pretended?) Kildi Beg (r. 1361–1362) a daughter, Shakar Beg, married Aq Sufi Qongirat, the prince of the Sufi dynasty of Khwarezm. Their daughter Khanzada Begum later married into the Timurid dynasty. Genealogy Genghis Khan Jochi Batu Khan Toqoqan Mengu-Timur Toghrilcha Uzbeg Khan Jani Beg Popular culture The 2012 Russian film The Horde is set during the reign of Jani Beg and is a highly fictionalised narrative of how Aleksii healed Taidula from blindness. See also List of Khans of the Golden Horde References Bibliography Buell, P. D., Historical Dictionary of the Mongol World Empire Oxford, 2003. Gaev, A. G., "Genealogija i hronologija Džučidov," Numizmatičeskij sbornik 3 (2002) 9-55. Horrox, R., The Black Death David Morgan, The Mongols Počekaev, R. J., Cari ordynskie: Biografii hanov i pravitelej Zolotoj Ordy. Saint Petersburg, 2010. 1357 deaths Khans of the Golden Horde Murdered royalty 14th-century monarchs in Europe Year of birth unknown Mongol Empire Muslims