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Muzaffarid Dynasty (1340s, Iran)

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1341–1350

Based in Fars, the Muzaffarids expanded rapidly in the 1340s under founder Mubāriz al-Dīn Muḥammad and his son Shāh Shujā, defeating the Injuids, tak…

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  1. 1341–1343Shiraz · FarsIn the early 1340s, Mubāriz al-Dīn Muḥammad used Yazd and Abarkuh as bases, pursued strict Sunni policies, and gradually advanced toward Shiraz and the Fars heartland, contesting control of southern Persia with the Injuids and remnants of local Mongol forces.
  2. 1344–1347Fars · FarsIn the mid-1340s, Muzaffarid forces defeated Abū Isḥāq's Injuid troops across Fars, gradually squeezing their sphere of influence around Shiraz. His son Shāh Shujā emerged during this period, responsible for some military operations and local governance.
  3. 1348–1350Kerman · KermanIn the late 1340s, the Muzaffarids under Shāh Shujā advanced into Kerman, seizing more southern Persian trade routes and oases, becoming the most expansionist southern power among the post-Ilkhanid states of the 1340s and laying the groundwork for the complete annexation of Injuid lands in the 1350s.

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