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Sultan Mahmud Jalayir

Type Figure Region Iraq Time c. 1358–1400 Also known as Sultan Mahmud Jalayir、Mahmud bin Uways Jalayir、Sultan Mahmud

Sultan Mahmud was a son of the Jalayirid sultan Shaykh Uways, a member of the royal family of the Iraq–Azerbaijan polity in the mid-to-late fourteent…

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  1. 1358–1360Baghdad · BaghdadBorn or raised as his father Shaykh Uways consolidated his rule over Iraq. Between 1358 and 1360 Uways contested Azerbaijan repeatedly and ultimately recovered Tabriz; the young prince Mahmud lived in the court environment in Baghdad, bearing the title of sultan.
  2. 1361–1374Baghdad and Tabriz · BaghdadIn his later years Uways assigned his sons to different regions: Ali served as governor of Baghdad, Ahmad held Ardabil, while Mahmud, along with his other brothers, was listed among the royal family without succession rights. After Uways died in 1374, the eldest son Hasan succeeded but was assassinated the same day, and power fell into a struggle between the brothers Husayn and Ahmad; Mahmud did not enter the core line of succession.

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