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Shahab al-Din Shah Shuja

Type Figure Region Shiraz Time c. 1334–1384 Also known as Shah Shuja

Shah Shuja (c. 1334–1384) was a renowned Muzaffarid ruler centered on Shiraz who governed Fars;…

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  1. 1358–1384Shiraz · ShirazGoverned Fars twice, built mosques and palaces in Shiraz, promoted Persian poetry and architecture, and made the Muzaffarids one of the strongest regional powers in 14th-century southern Iran.
  2. 1411–1420Shiraz · ShirazHe himself died in 1384, but his son Shah Yahya and other descendants still maintained the Muzaffarid name in places like Kerman in the 1410s, and Shiraz retained his building legacy, exerting a lasting influence on the cultural landscape of Fars during the Timurid period.

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