Founding of the Jalayirid Dynasty

Name: Founding of the Jalayirid Dynasty
Start: 1339
End: 1350

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1339–1350

In 1339, Jalayirid chieftain Hasan Buzurg seized Baghdad after the Ilkhanate's collapse, founding the Jalayirid Sultanate as the leading Mongol–Islam…

Timeline

1339Baghdad · IraqIn 1339, Jalayirid military leader Hasan Buzurg (meaning 'Great Hasan') seized Baghdad in the power vacuum left by the Ilkhanate's collapse, proclaiming himself sultan and founding the Jalayirid dynasty.
1341–1346Central Iraq · IraqIn the 1340s, Hasan Buzurg gradually consolidated control over Baghdad, Wasit, and other core Iraqi cities, restoring some order and revenue, and demarcated spheres of influence with Persian rival factions.
1347–1350Iraq–Iran border · IranIn the late 1340s, the Jalayirid Sultanate clashed repeatedly with Chobanid, Muzaffarid, and other Persian polities along the western Iraq–western Iran border through conflict and diplomacy, forming the fragmented geopolitical pattern typical of the post-Ilkhanid era.

Sources

Jalayirid https://www.britannica.com/topic/Jalayirid
The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6 — Peter Jackson, Lawrence Lockhart (1986)