Ghazan Khan | |
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Il-Khan Chupanid puppet | |
Reign | 1356 - 1357 |
Predecessor | Anushirwan |
Died | 1357 |
Ghazan II ( Persian: غازان) was the last nominal ruler of the Ilkhanate.
His existence is known through works of medieval authors and numismatics, but otherwise is unattested in history. He appears to have been a puppet of Malek Ashraf in 1356. According to Abū Bakr al-Qutbī al-Ahrī, author of Tarikh-i Uways, when Jani Beg demanded Malek Ashraf to submit in 1357, he replied: "He is the padishah of the ulus of Berke, he has nothing to do with the ulus of Abaqa, for here the ruler is Ghazan and the emirate is mine." [1] [2] He was mentioned by Nur al-Din Azhdari in his Ghazan-nama, whose father Shams al-Din Muhammad served Ghazan II. [3]
His coins have been minted in Mardin (1356), [4] Qom (1357), [5] Soltaniyeh, Maragha, Ray, [6] Ani, Barda, Ganja, Khoy, Mamaqan, Nakhchivan, Sharur, Tabriz, Tbilisi, Urmia and others. [7]
Ghazan Khan | |
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Il-Khan Chupanid puppet | |
Reign | 1356 - 1357 |
Predecessor | Anushirwan |
Died | 1357 |
Ghazan II ( Persian: غازان) was the last nominal ruler of the Ilkhanate.
His existence is known through works of medieval authors and numismatics, but otherwise is unattested in history. He appears to have been a puppet of Malek Ashraf in 1356. According to Abū Bakr al-Qutbī al-Ahrī, author of Tarikh-i Uways, when Jani Beg demanded Malek Ashraf to submit in 1357, he replied: "He is the padishah of the ulus of Berke, he has nothing to do with the ulus of Abaqa, for here the ruler is Ghazan and the emirate is mine." [1] [2] He was mentioned by Nur al-Din Azhdari in his Ghazan-nama, whose father Shams al-Din Muhammad served Ghazan II. [3]
His coins have been minted in Mardin (1356), [4] Qom (1357), [5] Soltaniyeh, Maragha, Ray, [6] Ani, Barda, Ganja, Khoy, Mamaqan, Nakhchivan, Sharur, Tabriz, Tbilisi, Urmia and others. [7]