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Shaikh Hasan Buzurg

Type Figure Region Iraq Time 1305–1356 Also known as Hasan Buzurg、Hasan-i Kalan、Shaikh Hasan Jalayir、Taj al-Din Hasan

Shaikh Hasan Buzurg (c. 1305–1356) was a Jalayirid Mongol noble, de facto governor in the late Ilkhanate, and founder of the Jalayirid dynasty;…

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  1. 1322–1335Anatolia and Iraq · BaghdadOf Jalayirid origin, repeatedly suspected due to entanglements with Chobanid forces and powerful court ministers; once imprisoned in Kemah Castle, later released to serve as governor of Rum, becoming an important military noble in Iraq and Anatolia under Abu Sa'id Khan.
  2. 1336–1350Baghdad · BaghdadAfter Abu Sa'id Khan's death the Ilkhanate collapsed; Hasan Buzurg entered Baghdad with nominal Abbasid support, contending with Chobanids, Muzaffarids, and others for Mesopotamia and Azerbaijan. He nominally acknowledged a puppet Ilkhan but in practice held sole civil and military power in Iraq as na'ib.
  3. 1351–1356Baghdad · BaghdadIn his later years his power was largely confined to Iraq, with Azerbaijan at times held by the Chobanids. He maintained order in Baghdad, issued coinage, and supported a Persian-style bureaucracy; after his death in 1356 he was buried in Najaf, succeeded by his eldest son Shaikh Uways.

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