Sati Beg

Al-Sultana al-Radila Sati Beg Chan Challad Allah Mulkaha († sometime after 1345 ) was a contender for the throne of the Ilkhan during the breakup of Persia in the mid-14th century. She was the half-sister of the Ilkhan Abu Sa'id .

After her brother took office in 1316, Sati Beg was betrothed to the Amir Tschupan , one of the most powerful people at the court of the Ilkhan people. They married in 1319 and their marriage resulted in a son, Surgan. When Amir Tschupan and Abu Sa'id came into conflict with each other in 1327, Sati Beg returned to her family. Amir Tschupan was executed in Herat that same year, on Abu Sa'id reprint ; Sati Beg and Surgan were spared.

After the death of Abu Sa'id in 1335, the Ilkhan Empire began to fall apart. In 1336 Sati Beg and Surgan sided with the founder of the Jalairids Hasan Buzurg . After he gained control of western Persia, he made Surgan governor of Karabakh in what is now Azerbaijan. Surgan and his mother moved there. But when a grandson of Amir Tschupan named Hasan Kucek defeated Hasan Buzurg in July 1338, Sati Beg and her son moved to his camp. Taking advantage of her family connections, Hasan Kucek made her ruler of the Ilchane in July or August 1338. But their nominal authority only extended as far as the territory of the Chupanids in northwestern Persia .

Hasan Buzurg, who still controlled southwest Persia and Iraq , sought the support of another heir to the throne named Togha Temur from Khorasan . This invaded the Tschupaniden area in early 1339. Hasan Kucek, however, promised him Sati Beg in return for an alliance. But this was only a ruse to alienate Hasan Buzurg from Togha Temur. The Jalairids withdrew their aid and Togha Temur was forced to withdraw. In the meantime, Hasan Kucek became more and more suspicious of Sati Beg and her son. He realized that she was too valuable to be eliminated entirely, so he deposed her and forced her to marry the new candidate for the throne, Suleiman Khan.

Hasan Kucek was murdered in 1343 and Sati Beg's son Surgan fought with his brother Malek Asraf and his uncle Yagi Basti for control of the Chupanid Empire. When he was defeated by Malek Asraf, he fled with his mother and stepfather. All three formed an alliance, but when Hasan Buzurg withdrew his promised help, they fled to Diyarbakır . Surgan was defeated again by Malek Asraf in 1345 and fled to Anatolia . Coins from that year minted by Sati Beg appeared in Hasankeyf . That was the last reference to her. Surgan moved from Anatolia to Baghdad , where he was probably executed by Hasan Buzurg. Sati Beg may have met the same fate, but this is not certain.

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• Charles Melville and ʿAbbās Zaryāb: Chobanids . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)
• Peter Jackson (1986). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume Six: The Timurid and Safavid Periods . ISBN 0-521-20094-6
• Women in power (1300-1350)

predecessor	Office	successor
Muhammad ibn Dschul Qutluq	Ilkhan of Persia 1338–1339	Suleiman Khan