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Ahmad Mirza

Type Figure Region Central Asia Time c. 1465–1494 Also known as Ahmad of Samarkand

Son of Abu Sa'id who inherited Samarkand in 1469 and ruled it as one of the Timurid princes partitioning Transoxiana, marking the empire's formal bre…

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  1. c. 1460–1468Samarkand · SamarkandA son of Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza, he grew up at the Samarkand court under his father's rule, which had unified most of Transoxiana.
  2. 1469–1470Samarkand · SamarkandAfter Abu Sa'id fell in battle in 1469, his sons divided the inheritance; Ahmad received Samarkand and became one of the princes of Transoxiana.
  3. 1471–1480Samarkand · SamarkandThrough the 1470s he maintained rule over Samarkand while waging long wars with brothers such as Mahmud Mirza of Bukhara and Umar Shaikh of Khiva, leaving Transoxiana fragmented among rival principalities.
  4. 1481–1494Samarkand · SamarkandHe continued contending with his brothers and outside powers until his death in 1494; Samarkand was briefly held by his brother, the Bukhara ruler Sultan Mahmud Mirza, and soon after was overrun by the Uzbek leader Shaybani.

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