Great Troubles
TheGreat Troubles[10][11][d](Church Slavonic:Великая замятня,romanized:Velikaya zamyatnya,as found inRus' chronicles[3][e]), also known as theGolden Horde Dynastic War,[14]was awar of successionin theGolden Hordefrom 1359 to 1381.[14]
This era, which followed shortly after theBlack Deathhad ravaged the cities of the Golden Horde, was characterised by two decades of near anarchy.[15]A long series of short-reigning khans deposed and killed each other, only to suffer the same fate next.Mamaiemerged as the most powerful Mongol warlord, frequently employingRus' principalitiessuch asTverandRyazanas his allies.[3]Because he was not aChingisid(descendant ofGenghis Khan), Mamai had no legitimate claim to the throne, and instead used Chingisid puppet-khans to exercise political control.[16]
The Rus' principalities and neighbouring states frequently changed their allegiancies at this time, joining forces with or against various Mongol factions and with or against each other, in tactical efforts to exploit rapidly shifting situations.[8]TheGrand Duchy of Lithuaniaas well as Horde vassals such as Tver andMuscovywere opportunistic in profiting from the internecine warfare that weakened Mongol-Tatar control in the region.[17]Algirdasdefeated Mamai's forces at theBattle of Blue Watersand thereby conquered thePrincipality of Kiev,whileDmitry Donskoysuccessfully united most Rus' princes against Mamai at the 1380Battle of Kulikovo,solidifying Muscovite pre-eminence amongst them.[18]However,Tokhtamysh's lightning rise to power in the late 1370s, hisdefinitive victory over Mamai (1381)andsubsequent sack of Moscow (1382)confirmed the Rus' principalities'vassalageto the Golden Horde.[19]
Background
[edit]The Golden Horde had reached the height of its power and prosperity underÖzbeg Khan(r. 1313–1341), when overland trade from theBlack SeatoYuan dynasty Chinaflourished.[citation needed]While Özbeg adoptedIslam,theOrthodox Church(exempt from taxes throughyarliks or patents[20]) continued supporting his rule, and the Turco-Mongolian population of his realm gradually assimilated and became known as "Tatars".[citation needed]
Taxes regularly collected by thedarughachiorbasqaq(baskak)from the subordinate Rus' principalities provided the Horde's coffers with plenty revenue.[citation needed]The responsibility of tax collection was eventually transferred from thebasqaqto the Rus' princes,[citation needed]although it is unclear when this happened, or why, though the Golden Horde officials authorised with collecting the taxes were widely hated in Rus' sources.[21]The last references to thebasqaqsystem are found from the 1350s to 1382 in thePrincipality of Ryazan(possibly the last region to switch to princely tax collection), while emirMamaiis said to have intended to restore thebasqaqsystem around 1380, indicating that it had fallen into disuse by then.[21]
The khans obtained the prerogative of granting the title ofGrand Prince of Vladimirto any Rus' prince they favoured through ayarlik(patent).[22]They employed this highly symbolic title to prop up a weaker Rus' principality (usuallyMuscovy) against a stronger one (usuallyTver) to keep the latter in check as adivide and rulepolicy.[23]ThePrincipality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdalalso played this power game according to the Mongol rules in 1353 and 1371.[22]In the mid-14th century,Algirdas(Olgerd) of Lithuania would try to bring Tver andRyazanunder his control during theLithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372),and also played by the Mongol rules by sending a delegation to Golden Horde (as the neutral power-broker) in order to negotiate peace.[3]But the Mongols used Moscow to counterbalance the rise of Lithuanian power; they arrested the Lithuanian envoys and handed them over to the Muscovites, so that Algirdas had to ransom his emissaries from his enemies.[3]
Two developments in the mid-14th century were catastrophic for the Horde's society and economy: several Mongol khanates fell between 1330 and 1370, and theBlack Deathreached the capital city ofSaraiin the 1340s, spreading to all urban centres of Golden Horde and its vassals, with many in the ranks of the khan's army and up to 25% of the Rus' population dying to thepandemic.[citation needed]The end of Özbeg Khan's reign in 1341 also sparked a series of dynastic regicides, first intermittently, then from 1359 with alarming frequency.[citation needed]Özbeg's sonTini Begwas murdered by his brotherJani Beg(1342), who in turn was possibly killed by his sonBerdi Beg(1357).[citation needed]The latter's assassination by his brotherQulpain 1359[citation needed]is usually considered the start of the Great Troubles.[24]When Qulpa was killed (1360) by yet another brother,Nawruz Beg,who himself died under suspicious circumstances after a year on the throne, the lineage ofBatu Khan(the 1242 founder of the Golden Horde) went extinct.[citation needed]From 1360 to 1380, competing branches of theJochidclan fought bitterly over the fate of the dynasty, while no fewer than 24 khans (possibly even more) were enthroned.[citation needed]The capital city of Sarai changed hands multiple times, in one year being successively conquered by 6 different pretenders.[citation needed]
1359–1360
[edit]KhanBerdi Beg(Berdibek) was killed in 1359[24]in a coup by his brotherQulpa.[citation needed]Qulpa's two sons were Christians and bore the Slavic names Michael and Ivan, which outraged the Muslim populace of the Golden Horde.[citation needed]In 1360, Qulpa's brotherNawruz Beg(Navruz) revolted against the khan and killed him and his sons.[citation needed]
When Rus' princes heard of Berdi Beg's death, they had begun travelling to Sarai to receive patents from his successor, but by the time they arrived, Nawruz had already assumed the throne.[24]Nawruz did not award the title ofGrand Prince of VladimirtoMuscovite princeDmitry Ivanovich(later known as "Donskoy" ), but toDmitry Konstantinovich of Suzdal,theprince of Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal,nephew of Alexander of Suzdal who previously held it (beforeIvan I "Kalita" of Moscow).[24]Dmitry Konstantinovich was part of a group of Rus' princes who were concerned about the rise of the Daniilovichi princely dynasty of Muscovy; the princes of Rostov, Beloozero, and Galich–Dmitrov supported Konstantinovich's claim to grand prince in return for receiving extra power for themselves from Nawruz.[25]Nawruz was overthrown in 1361, however.[1]
By 1360,Urus Khanhad set up court inSighnaq(near modernShieli,Kazakhstan). He was named Urus, which means "Russian" in theTurkish language,presumably because "Urus-Khan's mother was a Russian princess... he was prepared to press his claims on Russia on that ground."[26]
1360s
[edit]In 1361, a descendant ofShiban(5th son ofJochi), was invited by some grandees to seize the throne. Khidr rebelled against Nawruz, whose own lieutenant betrayed him and handed him over to be executed. Khidr was slain by his own son, Timur Khwaja, in the same year. Timur Khwaja reigned for only five weeks before descendants of Öz Beg Khan seized power.[27]
In 1362, the Golden Horde was divided between Keldi Beg in Sarai, Bulat Temir inVolga Bulgaria,and Abdullah inCrimea.Meanwhile, theGrand Duchy of Lithuaniaattacked the western tributaries of the Golden Horde and conqueredKyivandPodoliaafter theBattle of Blue Watersin 1363.[28]A powerful Mongol general by the name ofMamaibacked Abdullah but failed to take Sarai, which saw the reign of two more khans, Murad and Aziz. Abdullah died in 1370 and Muhammad Bolaq was enthroned as puppet khan by Mamai.[27]
1370s
[edit]Mamai also had to deal with a rebellion inNizhny Novgorod.Muscovitetroops impinged on the Bulgar territory of Arab-Shah, the son of Bulat Temir, who caught them off guard and defeated them on the banks of thePyana River(1377). However Arab-Shah was unable to take advantage of the situation because of the advance of another Mongol general from the east.[29]Mamai sent an army against the Muscovite alliance in 1378, butDmitri Donskoydefeated Mamai's forces led by general Begich at theBattle of the Vozha River.[3]
In 1372, Urus marched west and occupied Sarai. His nephew and lieutenantTokhtamyshdeserted him and went toTimurfor assistance. Tokhtamysh attacked Urus, killing his son Kutlug-Buka, but lost the battle and fled toSamarkand.Soon after, another generalEdigudeserted Urus and went over to Timur. Timur personally attacked Urus in 1376 but the campaign ended indecisively. Urus died the next year and was succeeded by his son, Timur-Melik, who immediately lost Sighnaq to Tokhtamysh. In 1378, Tokhtamysh conquered Sarai.[30]
1380–1381
[edit]By the 1380s, theShaybanidsandQashanattempted to break free of the Khan's power.[citation needed]
Mamai hiredGenoese,Circassian,andAlanmercenaries for another attack on Moscow in 1380. In the ensuing battle, Mongol forces once again lost at theBattle of Kulikovo.[29]
The Great Troubles came to an end when Tokhtamysh personally defeated Mamai theBattle of the Kalka River (1381)to become the undisputed khan of the Golden Horde.[31]
Aftermath: 1382 siege of Moscow
[edit]The siege of Moscow in 1382 was motivated by khan Tokhtamysh's desire to punish Muscovy for its audacity to challenge the authority of theGolden Hordeat theBattle of Kulikovo(1380).[31]Even though it was his rival warlordMamaiwho was defeated at Kulikovo, and Tokhtamysh personally defeated Mamai at the Kalka River (1381) to become the undisputed khan, he wanted to make Moscow an example of what happened if anyone dared defy Mongol supremacy over the Rus' principalities.[31]Tokhtamysh allied himself (in part through coercion) with the Rus' princes of Tver, Riazan, and Nizhniy Novgorod against Muscovy, and launched a surprise attack on the city in 1382.[32]PrinceDmitry Donskoy,who had led his largely Muscovite army to apyrrhic victoryat Kulikovo two years earlier,[17]abandoned his capital and fled north, leaving the dismayed citizens of Moscow to ask a Lithuanian prince named Ostei (or Ostej), a grandson ofAlgirdas,to lead the defence.[f][34]The princes of Nizhniy Novgorod tricked the population into surrendering the city, after which Tokhtamysh' forces immediately sacked Moscow as punishment for resisting Mongol authority.[32]
Although Kulikovo had marked Muscovy's new position as the pre-eminent state amongst the Rus' principalities,[8]the subsequent sack of Moscow confirmed that Donskoy and the other princes remained firmly under suzerainty of the Tatar–Mongol Golden Horde, now ruled by Tokhtamysh.[32]According to Halperin (1987), 'Moscow benefited more from the deteriorating relations between Tokhtamysh [and]Tamerlane (Timur)than it had from the victory of Kulikovo.'[8]TheTokhtamysh–Timur war(1386–1395) and the 1399Battle of the Vorskla RiverestablishedTimurid controlover the Golden Horde and its Rus' vassals, but because Muscovy mostly escaped the destruction of war, these years allowed it to recover and grow its strength.[32]
Halperin (2016) described the Juchidulus(Golden Horde) as having evolved from "the thirteenth to early fourteenth century major European and Asian power" to a "late fourteenth-century minor regional East European [power]" during the decades-long war.[35]Tokhtamysh was not as bloodthirsty asGenghis Khan,and did not have the means to completely level Moscow (as Genghis would have done), just likeÖzbeg Khanhad not wipedTverfrom the face of the earth after crushing theTver Uprising of 1327.[35]
List of events
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- 1359: KhanBerdi Begkilled byQulpa,who seizes the Golden Horde throne – Great Troubles begin
- February 1360:Nowruz BegoverthrowsQulpa
- June 1360:Khiḍr KhanoverthrowsNowruz Beg
- 1360:Urus Khansets up court inSighnaq[26]
- 1360/1: Rus' princes travelling to Sarai are abused and their property is stolen. Subsequently they stopped personally travelling to Sarai, and instead sent emissaries to pay homage and receive patents.[1]
- August 1361:Timur KhwajaoverthrowsKhiḍr Khan
- August/September 1361:Ordu MalikoverthrowsTimur Khwaja
- September/October 1361: warlordMamaiandMukhshagovernorTagai conquer the capital Sarai, overthrowOrdu Malikand enthroneKildi Beg
- late 1361:Mamaireturns to his base in Crimea and proclaimsAbdallāhthe new khan
- September/August 1362: Battle on the Volga River – Khiḍr Khan's brotherMurād(in control of Gülistan) defeats and killsKildi Beg
- September 1362:Mamaibriefly installsAbdallāhat Sarai, but they are defeated in battle byMurād[36][37][27][38][39][40][41]
- Autumn 1362 or 1363:Battle of Blue Waters– battle between Lithuania andAbdallāh's Golden Horde forces. Lithuania is victorious and incorporates thePrincipality of Kiev.
- late 1362:Khayr Puladconquers Sarai and drives outMurādorAbdallāh
- winter 1362–3: Muscovite troops ofDmitry Donskoydrive out Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdalian troops ofDmitry Konstantinovichfrom thecity of Vladimir–on-Klyazmaon the authority of a patent from a khan at Sarai.[1]
- early 1363:Mamaiissues a patent awarding the title of grand prince of Vladimir toDmitry Donskoyof Muscovy.[1]Donskoy had thus received two patents (yarliks) for the throne of Vladimir from rival khans.[42]The khan at Sarai changes allegiance and issues a patent awarding the title of grand prince of Vladimir toDmitry Konstantinovichof Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal.[1]
- 1363:Dmitry Konstantinovichof Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal fails to retake city of Vladimir, and is driven back to Suzdal by Mamai andDmitry Donskoyof Muscovy.[1]
- 1363/4: Donskoy evicts sitting princes from Starodub, Galich and Rostov, and replaces them with vassals by invoking his title of grand prince of Vladimir with Mamai's backing.[1]
- 1363:MamaiattacksMurādat Gülistan
- 1363/4:Khayr Puladtries to take control of Crimea, but is driven out by Mamai
- 1364:Dmitry Konstantinovichof Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal andDmitry Donskoyof Muscovy conclude a peace agreement and recognise the latter as grand prince of Vladimir. Later in 1364, Konstantinovich refuses a patent from yet another khan for the title of Vladimir.[1]
- Autumn 1364:Aziz Shaykhseizes Sarai (probably fromKhayr Pulad) and proclaims himself khan
- 1365:Battle near the Shishevsky Forest – forces of Ryazan and Kozelsk defeat the Golden Horde forces ofMukhshagovernor Tagai
- 1367:Battle of the Pyana River (1367) –Bulat-Timur ,the autonomous emir of the (Volga) Bulgar Ulus (Qashan Principality), was defeated by troops from thePrincipality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
- 1367: KhanAziz ShaykhdefeatsBulat-Timur and reincorporates the Bulgar Ulus into the Golden Horde
- 1368: Mamai defeatsMukhshagovernor Tagai
- 1368/9:Urus Khanseizes the throne of the Ulus of Orda fromQutluq Khwaja,makes himself khan, and purges princes and emirs whom he suspects of disloyalty.[4]
- 1368–1372:Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372)–Algirdasof Lithuania andMikhail II of Tver(obtaining severalyarliksfrom khans for the title of grand prince of Vladimir) raid and attack Moscow, defeating the Muscovites in theBattle of the Trosna River (21 November 1368). But they fail to conquer the city itself on three occasions (1368, 1370; 1372 didn't reach Moscow). The recently completedMoscow Kremlin Wallproved insurmountable.
- December 1371:Battle of Skornishchevo– Muscovites defeat princeOleg II of Ryazan.
- Summer 1372:Treaty of Lyubutsk– Lithuania and Muscovy conclude peace.
- 1373:Urus Khandrives Mamai's protégéMuḥammad-Sulṭānout of Sarai and briefly controls the capital.[43]
- 1374: Mamai briefly recaptures Sarai, then Urus Khan recaptures Sarai.[43]
- 1374:MamaisendsSary-Aka's embassyto Nizhny Novgorod.
- 1375:Qaghan Begcaptures Sarai from Urus Khan.[43]
- 1375: Muscovy–led expedition against Tver (allied with Mamai, who had given Tver theyarlikof the Vladimir throne).[3]Treaty imposed on Tver, recognising itself as a "younger brother" of Moscow.[3]
- 137?:Tokhtamyshreceives aid fromTimur(Tamerlane) and establishes himself atOtrarandSayram.Urus' son Qutlu-Buqa defeated Tokhtamysh, but died of wounds from the battle.[44][4]
- 137?:Tokhtamyshattacked Urus Khan with fresh troops from Timur, but is defeated (and wounded) by Urus' son Toqtaqiya in a battle near the riverSyr Darya.[44][4]
- 1376: Skirmishes between the forces ofTimur(supportingTokhtamysh) andUrus Khanend indecisively. Urus dies.[45][4]
- 1376:Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war (1376)– war between Muscovy andNizhny Novgorod-Suzdalagainst the Bulgar Ulus (Qashan Principality,underMamai's control). Moscow briefly installed a tax collector inBolgharuntil the city was taken back by the Tatars.[46]
- 1377: 2 August [O.S. 21 July]Battle on Pyana River–Arab Shah,orMamai,defeated a Rus' princes coalition led byNizhny Novgorod-SuzdaliannoblemanIvan Dmitriyevich (killed in battle; son of princeDmitri Konstantinovich of Suzdal), also includingPereyaslavl,Yaroslavl,Yuryev,Murom.[47][48][49]
- 1377: After Pyana, Mongol troops loyal to Mamai sacked and burnt the city ofNizhny Novgorod.[48][49]
- 1377:Arab Shah's Mongol troops raided and plundered the countryside of Nizhny Novgorod andRyazan,capturing the city (and prince) ofRyazanitself in autumn 1377.[48][49][50][51][52]
- Autumn 1377:Arab ShahforcesQāghān Begto abdicate, and becomes the new khan at Sarai.[48]
- 1377: On Arab Shah's orders, Dmitrij Ivanovič of Moscow and Dmitrij Konstantinovič of Nižnij Novgorod attacked theMordvins(allies of Mamai) and forced them to recognise Arab Shah's suzerainty.[53][54]
- 1378:Arab Shahattacked Mamai's vassalTagai ,beg ofMukhsha(modernNarovchat), killed him, and subjugated the area.[53][54]According to Rus' chronicles, Tagai had already been killed in the late 1360s.
- 1378:Arab Shahturned on his Rus' vassal Dmitrij Konstantinovič, and captured and sacked Nižnij Novgorod (which had already been burnt down by Mamai the previous year), arresting and torturing Rus' merchants and confiscating their goods.[53][54]
- 1378:Arab Shahplundered Ryazan (again).[53][54]
- 11 August 1378:Battle of the Vozha River– Muscovy defeates Mamai's general Begich[3]
- 1378:Tokhtamyshconquers Sarai.[30]Arab Shah eventually abdicated in 1380 in favour of Tokhtamysh, who spared him and Qaghan Beg, and gave them some fiefdoms to reign.[55]
- 1378/9:Tokhtamyshdefeats and kills Urus' sonTemur-Malik[56][4]
- 1380:Battle of Kulikovo– coalition of Rus' princes led byDmitry Donskoyof Muscovy defeat Mamai's faction
- 1381:Battle of the Kalka River (1381)– Tokhtamysh's faction defeats Mamai's faction, becomes undisputed khan of the Golden Horde and ends Great Troubles[9]
- (Aftermath) 1382:Siege of Moscow (1382)– Tokhtamysh's Golden Horde andNizhny Novgorod-Suzdalbesiege and devastate Moscow whileDmitry Donskoyflees.
See also
[edit]- Armies of the Rus' principalities
- List of khans of the Golden Horde
- List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow
- List of wars of succession in Europe
- Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars
- Tokhtamysh–Timur war(1386–1395)
Notes
[edit]- ^abNizhny Novgorod-Suzdaljoined Muscovy during the1376 campaign against Bolghar,and fought under Donskoy at Kulikovo in 1380, but in 1382 the Suzdalians played a crucial role in capturing Moscow by deception, allowing Tokhtamysh to sack the Muscovite capital.[7]
- ^The 1375 Muscovy-led expedition forced Tver to sign a treaty recognising Moscow's superiority and to pledge military support in the case of a conflict; however, no Tverian troops were sent to reinforce Donskoy's anti-Mamai coalition at Kulikovo in 1380.[5]
- ^In 1380, Lithuania was allied with Mamai, but the Lithuanians arrived too late to aid him; they retreated at the news of Mamai's defeat at Kulikovo.[6]
- ^"Of course Chingissids killed each other all the time, especially in the recent past, during the" Troubles "in the Juchid ulus in the 1360s–1370s."[12]
- ^One example is theNovgorod First Chronicleentry for the year 6868 (1360), which according to the 1914 Oxford English translation says: 'The same year there was a great tumult in the Horde: manyTsarswith their wives and children were killed, and the men of the ranks fought against each other.'[13]The phraseVelikaya zamyatnyaor "Great Troubles" features more prominently in theNikon Chronicle,theVologda-Perm Chronicle,theLviv Chronicle,theRogozh Chronicle,and theNovgorod Fourth Chronicle(Dubrovsky manuscript).[13]
- ^"With more common sense than valour, Dmitrii Donskoi withdrew northward, leaving the people of his capital to their fate. In their consternation, they turned to a Lithuanian prince, Ostei, to lead the defence of the city."[33]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefghijklMartin 2004,p. 208.
- ^abcdHalperin 1987,p. 72–3.
- ^abcdefghijHalperin 1987,p. 73.
- ^abcdefgSeleznëv 2009,p. 204.
- ^abcHalperin 1987,p. 73–5.
- ^Halperin 2016,p. 10.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 57, 73–75.
- ^abcdHalperin 1987,p. 107.
- ^abcHalperin 1987,p. 73–75.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 73, 100.
- ^Martin 2004,p. xxi, 195, 207, 209, 215.
- ^Halperin 2016,p. 8.
- ^abSorogin 2022,p. 36.
- ^abKohn 2013,p. 587.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 45.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 119.
- ^abHalperin 1987,p. 74.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 75, 107.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 73–75, 107.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 96.
- ^abHalperin 1987,p. 54.
- ^abHalperin 1987,p. 69.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 69, 107.
- ^abcdMartin 2004,p. 207.
- ^Martin 2004,p. 207–208.
- ^abVernadsky 1953,p. 247.
- ^abcVernadsky 1953,p. 246.
- ^Atwood 2004,p. 480.
- ^abVernadsky 1953,p. 258.
- ^abVernadsky 1953,p. 250.
- ^abcHalperin 1987,p. 74–75.
- ^abcdHalperin 1987,p. 75.
- ^Crummey 2014,p. 57.
- ^Shaikhutdinov 2021,p. 106.
- ^abHalperin 1987,p. 9.
- ^Nasonov 1940,p. 120.
- ^Grekov & Jakubovskij 1950,p. 276.
- ^Safargaliev 1960,p. 117–118.
- ^Grigor'ev 1983,p. 29–31.
- ^Sidorenko 2000,p. 284–285.
- ^Počekaev 2010a,p. 125–126.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 72.
- ^abcPočekaev 2010b,p. 61–63.
- ^abHoworth 1880,p. 222.
- ^Howorth 1880,p. 223.
- ^Halperin 1987,p. 57.
- ^Pokhlebkin 1992,p. 66.
- ^abcdPočekaev 2010a,p. 149–151.
- ^abcPočekaev 2010b,p. 83–85.
- ^Howorth 1880,p. 212.
- ^Grigor'ev 1983,p. 45–46, 54.
- ^Sagdeeva 2005,p. 42.
- ^abcdPočekaev 2010a,p. 152.
- ^abcdPočekaev 2010b,p. 65.
- ^Počekaev 2010a,p. 153.
- ^Howorth 1880,p. 223–5.
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- Wars involving the Golden Horde
- Wars involving the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Wars involving the Principality of Moscow
- Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Asia
- Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe
- 14th-century conflicts
- Medieval history of Russia
- Principality of Tver