
Al-Sultan al-Adil / Nawruz Beq Khan / Khalad Mulkeh ("The Just Nawruz Beq Khan, may his rule last") // Zarb Sarai al-Jadid, 761 in a number of lines. Dated to 761 AH/1360 AD). 16mm, 1.45 grams. Mint of Sarai al-Jadid. Sagdeeva #294.
Rare one-year ruler, scarcer mint and type (Sagdeeva 292-293 are much more common) for this ruler.
The location of Sarai al-Jadid ("New Sarai") is not completely certain - the current consensus is that it was located near the site of Selitrennoe Gorodishche on lower Volga, in modern Russia.
Nawruz, who briefly ruled the Golden Horde in 761 AH (1360 CE) for eight months, was a descendant of Tangkut, the sixth son of Jochi, and thus part of the extended Borjigin royal lineage. His reign occurred during a period of intense political fragmentation following the death of Khan Berdi Beg, when rival factions and noble clans vied for power in rapid succession. Little is known about Nawruz’s policies or achievements, and his time as khan was short and contested. His emergence reflects the deepening instability of the Golden Horde in the mid-14th century, as central authority collapsed and multiple Jochid branches struggled for control.