Il Beg

Īl Beg (Kypchak and Turki: ایل بیک) was an ephemeral khan of the Golden Horde in 1374, during a period of civil war.

The Muʿizz al-ansāb and the Tawārīḫ-i guzīdah-i nuṣrat-nāmah give his descent as follows: Chinggis Khan - Jochi - Shiban - Bahadur - Jochi-Buqa - Bādāqūl - Ming-Tīmūr - Īl-Bīk.

[2] Īl Beg's brother Pūlād is identified with the Khayr-Pūlād (or Mīr-Pūlād), who had reigned briefly in parts of the Golden Horde in 1362–1365.

[4] Judging by the coinage, it would appear that Īl Beg made his bid for the throne from Saray-Jük on the lower Ural, and therefore on the eastern edge of the core territory of the Golden Horde, perhaps in 1373.

[6] But Īl Beg's manpower resources were inadequate to maintain control over Sarai, while his original power base required its own protection, under his nephew, Pūlād's son ʿArab Shāh.