Berdi Beg

Berdi Beg (c. 1310–1359) was khan of the Golden Horde from 1357. When his father Jani Beg conquered Azerbaijan in 1357, Berdi was left viceroy in Tabriz; recalled in his father's final illness, he succeeded amid rumors of patricide. He secured his throne by executing at least twelve kinsmen, even killing an infant brother himself.

He signed a trade treaty with Venice in 1358 and restored the Russian Church's privileges. He died in 1359, possibly murdered, opening two decades of civil war, and later accounts held the line of Batu ended with him.