Fragmentation of the Ilkhanate (Persia)

Timeline

1. 1341–1343Tabriz · AzerbaijanAfter Abu Sa'id's death in 1335, the Ilkhanate had no widely recognized legitimate ruler. In the early 1340s, Choban Hasan controlled Tabriz, the Jalairids established themselves in Iraq, the Muzaffarid family held Fars, and the Sarbadar brothers founded a local regime in eastern Khurasan.
2. 1344–1348Persia and Mesopotamia · IraqIn the mid-1340s, the Jalairids, Chobanids, Muzaffarids, and Sarbadars repeatedly contested control of Baghdad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Sabzawar, and other places; the centralized Ilkhanate order could not be restored.
3. 1349–1350Shiraz · FarsBy around 1350, the local regimes had formed a relatively stable balance of fragmentation: the Jalairids controlled Iraq, the Chobanids held Tabriz, the Muzaffarids ruled Fars, and the Sarbadars were active in eastern Khurasan.