Muzaffarids
The Muzaffarids ( Persian مظفریان) were a Persian dynasty that ruled southern Iran and Kurdistan from 1314 to 1393 .
Originally the dynasty came from Khorasan . Under the rule of the Ilkhan , however, the namesake Sharaf ad-Din Muzaffar became governor of Meybod near Isfahan . His son Mubariz ad-Din Muhammad (1314-1358) occupied Yazd in 1318 , forced his recognition as governor and declared his independence in 1335 after the fall of the Ilkhan dynasty.
With the conquest of Kerman (1341), Shiraz (1353) and Isfahan and Tabriz (1357), Mubariz ad-Din Muhammad rose to become the most important ruler in Iran. But this soon led to violent clashes with the Jalairids for supremacy in Iran and Iraq . The Muzaffariden u. a. not assert dominion over Tabriz.
Under Shah Schudja (1358–1384) there was strong support for art and culture, especially in the Shiraz residence. However, power struggles broke out within the dynasty after 1387, which was then eliminated by Timur in 1393 .
Ruler list
- Mubariz ad-Din Muhammad ibn Muzaffar, 1314-1358
- Jamal ad-Din Abu l-Fawaris Shah-i Shuja, 1358–1364 and 1366–1384
- Qutb al-Din Shah Mahmud, 1364-1366
- Mujahid al-Din Zain al-Abidin Ali, 1384-1387
- Imad ad-Din Sultan Ahmad, 1387-1391 (in Kirman)
- Shah Yahya, 1387-1391 (in Shiraz )
- Sultan Abu Ishaq, 1387-1391 (in Sirajan )
- Shah Mansur, 1391-1393
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- The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition , article Muzaffarids by Peter Jackson