Shah Shuja' ibn Muhammad al-Muzaffar
شاه شجاع بن محمد المظفر
1385 CE · 787 AH
Shah Shuja' ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar, most famous of the Muzaffarid kings; holding Shiraz and Kirman, he was blinded in 760 with his brother Shah Wali by their brother Mahmud's usurpation, then came to the kingship — his days were Shiraz's golden age of building, learning and verse, when scholars, poets and craftsmen thronged the city — he died in 787, his son Zayn al-Abidin taking Isfahan and his nephew Mansur ibn Shah Wali inheriting Shiraz and Fars.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Shah Shuja ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar, the best known of the Muzaffarid rulers, lord of Shiraz and Kerman 1.
His rule
In the year 760 AH his brother Mahmud, together with Shah Wali, seized power from him and blinded him; then he took the throne 1. His days were the golden age of Shiraz in building, learning and poetry, and scholars, poets and craftsmen gathered there.
He died in the year 787 AH. His son Zayn al-Abidin then made himself independent in Isfahan, and in Shiraz and Fars he was succeeded by Mansur, the nephew of Shah Wali 1.
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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