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Ahmad Jalayir

Type Figure Region Iraq Time c. 1350–1410 Also known as Sultan Ahmad Jalayir、Ahmad the Jalayirid、Ghiyath al-Din Sultan Ahmad、苏丹艾哈迈德·贾拉伊尔

Last significant Jalayirid ruler (r. 1382–1410) in Baghdad, a Persian poet and patron of the book arts, executed by Qara Yusuf in 1410.

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  1. 1382–1390Baghdad · BaghdadIn 1382 he succeeded his brother Husayn in Baghdad and contested the Jalayirid inheritance with his brother Bayazid, based at Soltaniyeh, while maintaining complex relations with the Black Sheep Turkmen.
  2. 1390–1405Damascus · SyriaRepeatedly defeated by Timur in the 1390s, he saw Baghdad sacked again in 1401. In 1400 he and Qara Yusuf were both imprisoned by the Mamluks in Damascus, where they agreed to divide their lands. He was released and returned home after Timur's death in 1405.
  3. 1405–1410Tabriz · AzerbaijanAfter returning he sought to recover Azerbaijan; in 1410 his attack on Qara Yusuf failed, and he was captured and executed at Tabriz. His son Ala al-Dawla was also killed, and the main Jalayirid force was destroyed.

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