Kart Dynasty's Rule of Khorasan

Timeline

1. 1245–1330Herat · Herat ProvinceServing as governors of Herat from the mid-13th century, the Kart family cultivated eastern Khorasan over generations, enjoyed considerable autonomy under Ilkhanid rule, and accumulated solid local foundations.
2. 1333–1339Herat · Herat ProvinceAfter Mu'izz al-Din Husayn (Mu'izz al-Din Husayn) acceded in 1331, the Ilkhanid center was powerless to intervene in Khorasan affairs; the Kart dynasty effectively ruled Herat and the broad lands of eastern Khorasan independently until destroyed by Timur in 1381.
3. 1335–1340Khorasan · KhorasanUnder Kart rule Herat became a center of scholarship and the arts, patronizing Persian literature and architecture, and maintained cultural continuity and prosperity in Khorasan through an age of division.