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Abu Sa'id

Type Figure Region Khorasan Time 1424–1469 Also known as Busayid

Abu Sa'id (1424–1469), a Timurid prince and great-grandson of Timur, contested the succession in Khorasan in the 1440s, was imprisoned by Ulugh Beg i…

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  1. 1441–1447Khorasan · Timurid EmpireIn Shah Rukh's later years, Abu Sa'id operated in Khorasan as a Timurid descendant, contesting the imperial succession with Ulugh Beg and other royal kinsmen and gradually expanding his power with the support of local emirs.
  2. 1448–1449Samarkand · Timurid EmpireAfter Ulugh Beg's eastern campaign took Herat, he captured Abu Sa'id and imprisoned him at Samarkand. Following Ulugh Beg's assassination in 1449 and Abd al-Latif's brief hold on power, Abu Sa'id was released and returned to Khorasan to contest power.
  3. 1450–1469Herat · Timurid EmpireAfter defeating and executing Abd al-Latif in 1450, Abu Sa'id fought through years of campaigns, gradually absorbing the remnants in Transoxiana and Iraq, and rebuilt a unified Timurid order centered on Herat, until he died in 1469 in a campaign against the Aq Qoyunlu.

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