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Death of Ilkhan Abu Sa'id
In 1335 Ilkhan Abu Sa'id (Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan) died without an adult male heir, ending the relatively stable Ilkhanate rule since Ghazan Khan;…
Timeline
- 1330–1335Persia · IranSince his accession in 1316, Abu Sa'id had maintained the Ilkhanate's outward unity, but the power of regional military strongmen grew while the khan's court gradually lost control of the frontiers.
- 1335Soltaniyeh · Zanjan ProvinceAbu Sa'id died near Soltaniyeh at only about thirty years of age. He left behind only a young daughter, and no legitimate successor could be established; the Ilkhanate's order of succession collapsed.
- 1335–1336Tabriz · AzerbaijanAfter news of his death spread, various factions acclaimed their own candidates for the khanate; military and political nobles no longer obeyed central authority, and the Ilkhanate's unity irreversibly disintegrated.
Sources
- The History of the Jalayirids — H. H. Hamadani (1954)
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Abu Saʿid Bahador Khan https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abu-said-bahador-khan