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Muhammad Mirza Shaykh the Timurid

محمد أميرزا شيخ التيموري

c. 1409 CE · 812 AH

Muhammad Mirza Shaykh, Timur's cousin and lord of Fars — 'much given to justice and beneficence'; his brother Iskandar Shah rose against him, and in 812 some of his own retainers killed him to court Iskandar, who annexed the realm 1.

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emir
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Baqi Yazdi · Abd al-Karim al-Jili · Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi · Abd Allah ibn Miqdad al-Aqfahsi · Abu Bakr b. Qutlubak the Astrologer

Muhammad Mirza Umar Shaykh al-Timuri

Muhammad Mirza Umar Shaykh, a cousin of Timur Lang and ruler of Fars. His brother Iskandar Shah rose against him and defeated him. Muhammad was said to be very just and generous. Some of his close men inclined against him, and one of them killed him to win the favour of his brother Iskandar, who took over his brother's kingdom, so that his realm grew large. This was in 812 AH 1.

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 105
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