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Sultan Husayn Bayqara

Type Figure Region Afghanistan Time 1438–1506 Also known as Sultan Husayn

Late Timurid sultan of Herat who reigned nearly forty years and is called the last patron of the Timurid Renaissance;…

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  1. 1469–1470Herat · Herat ProvinceAmid the fragmentation of the Timurid Empire and struggles among princes, he established control of Herat around 1469 after years of campaigning, becoming one of the most powerful Timurid rulers in Khorasan.
  2. 1480–1492Herat · Herat ProvinceHe vigorously patronized literature, painting, and architecture, attracting great poets such as Jami to his court, with the master miniaturist Behzad heading the royal atelier. Herat school painting and the Persian poetic tradition reached their peak in this period, forming a distinctive Timurid Renaissance style.
  3. 1493–1506Herat · Herat ProvinceIn his later years he faced pressure from the Uzbek Shibani forces advancing from the north, yet maintained the court's cultural life and continued to shelter literary figures such as Ali-Shir Nava'i. He died in 1506; intensified strife among his sons quickly brought down the Timurid regime in Herat.

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