Sultan Muhammad (Muzaffarid)

Timeline

1. 1441–1446Lorestan · LorestanIn Shah Rukh's later years Sultan Muhammad raised rebellion in the empire's western provinces; in 1446 his grandfather campaigned in person and suppressed it, most supporters were captured, and Muhammad fled into the mountains of Lorestan to take refuge, awaiting an opportunity for succession.
2. 1447–1450Shiraz · FarsAfter Shah Rukh died in 1447 he re-emerged from Lorestan, defeating the garrison of Fars outside Shiraz in October 1447 and taking control of central Persia and Fars — the former Muzaffarid heartland. Along with his brother Babur and his great-uncle Ulugh Beg, he was counted among the three great regional powers after the empire's fragmentation.
3. 1450–1451Mashhad · KhurasanHe invaded Khurasan in 1450, defeating his brother Abu al-Qasim Babur at Mashhad and forcing him to cede territory; on a second eastern expedition in 1451 he was captured and executed. Babur briefly took over his lands, which were soon seized by Jahan Shah of the Qara Qoyunlu, and Fars passed into Turkmen rule.