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Dirham 'Dang' - Jani Beg Saray al-Jadida mint
| Issuer | Golden Horde |
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| Year | 1349 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line Arabic legend in naskh script arranged in horizontal registers across the flan, recording the mint name and date of issue. A decorative geometric or foliate motif, possibly a crosshatch-filled cartouche, is visible in the right portion of the field, serving as an ornamental device typical of Saray al-Jadida mint issues. The overall design follows the standard Jochid reverse format, with the mint and regnal year formula occupying the primary legend area. The flan is irregular and the strike shows characteristic unevenness of hammered production. |
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Jani Beg's reign over the Golden Horde coincided with one of the most catastrophic demographic events in recorded history. The Black Death swept through the western steppe in 1346–47, almost certainly carried along the Silk Road trading networks that the Horde itself controlled and taxed. By 1349, the plague had decimated populations from Saray to the Crimean ports. That this coin was struck that same year at Saray al-Jadida — New Saray, the administrative capital — means it passed through a city in the grip of mass death.
Jani Beg was among the khans who reportedly catapulted plague-infected corpses into Caffa during the 1346 siege, an act often cited as a vector for the disease's westward spread into Europe.