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The Jalayirids (?? ?????) were a Mongol Jalayir
Jalayir

The Jalayir are a Mongol tribe that founded Jalayirid Dynasty in Iran and Iraq and formed a part of Khalkha people in Mongolia....
 dynasty which ruled over Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 and western Persia after the breakup of the Mongol Khanate
Khanate

Khanate or Chanat is a Turkic language-originated word used to describe a political entity ruled by a Khan . In modern Turkish the word used is hanlik, and in Azeri, xanliq....
 of Persia (or Ilkhanate
Ilkhanate

The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate , was a Mongol khanate established in Persia in the 13th century, considered a part of the Mongol Empire....
) in the 1330s. The Jalayirid sultanate lasted about fifty years, until disrupted by Tamerlane
Timur

Timur , among his other names, commonly known as Tamerlane in the West, was a 14th century Turko-Mongol conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire of India....
's conquests and the revolts of the "Black sheep Turks" or Kara Koyunlu
Kara Koyunlu

The Kara Koyunlu or Qara Qoyunlu, also called the Black Sheep Turkomans , were a Shi'ite Oghuz Turks tribal federation that ruled over the territory comprising the present-day Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Iranian Azerbaijan, western Iran, eastern Turkey and Iraq from about 1375 to 1468....
. After Tamerlane's death in 1405, there was a brief attempt to re-establish the sultanate in southern Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 and Khuzistan
Khuzestan Province

Khuzestan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq's Basra Governorate and the Persian Gulf....
.






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The Jalayirids (?? ?????) were a Mongol Jalayir
Jalayir

The Jalayir are a Mongol tribe that founded Jalayirid Dynasty in Iran and Iraq and formed a part of Khalkha people in Mongolia....
 dynasty which ruled over Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 and western Persia after the breakup of the Mongol Khanate
Khanate

Khanate or Chanat is a Turkic language-originated word used to describe a political entity ruled by a Khan . In modern Turkish the word used is hanlik, and in Azeri, xanliq....
 of Persia (or Ilkhanate
Ilkhanate

The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate , was a Mongol khanate established in Persia in the 13th century, considered a part of the Mongol Empire....
) in the 1330s. The Jalayirid sultanate lasted about fifty years, until disrupted by Tamerlane
Timur

Timur , among his other names, commonly known as Tamerlane in the West, was a 14th century Turko-Mongol conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire of India....
's conquests and the revolts of the "Black sheep Turks" or Kara Koyunlu
Kara Koyunlu

The Kara Koyunlu or Qara Qoyunlu, also called the Black Sheep Turkomans , were a Shi'ite Oghuz Turks tribal federation that ruled over the territory comprising the present-day Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Iranian Azerbaijan, western Iran, eastern Turkey and Iraq from about 1375 to 1468....
. After Tamerlane's death in 1405, there was a brief attempt to re-establish the sultanate in southern Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 and Khuzistan
Khuzestan Province

Khuzestan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq's Basra Governorate and the Persian Gulf....
. The Jalayirids were finally eliminated by Kara Koyunlu in 1432.

Rulers of Jalayirid Sultanate

  • Hasan Buzurg
    Hasan Buzurg

    Shaikh Hasan, called "Buzurg" , was the first of several de facto independent Jalayirids rulers of Iraq and central Iran. He was the son of Husain and ?ljetey....
     (1336 - 1356)
  • Shaikh Uvais I
    Shaikh Uvais

    Shaikh Uvais, also known as Uways or Oways , was a Jalayirids ruler of Iraq and Azerbaijan . He was the son of Hasan Buzurg and the Chobanids Delsad Katun....
     (1356 - 1374)
  • Hasan
    Hasan (Jalayirids)

    Hasan was briefly Jalayirids ruler . He was the eldest son of Shaikh Uvais.After his father died, Hasan succeeded him, but he had never been a popular individual among the general people....
     (1374)
  • Husain I
    Husain (Jalayirids)

    Husain was a Jalayirids ruler . He was the son of Shaikh Uvais.Following the execution of his brother Hasan , the amirs placed Husain on the throne....
     (1374 - 1382)
  • Bayazid (1382 - 1383)
  • Ahmad
    Ahmad (Jalayirids)

    Sultan Ahmad was a Jalayirids ruler . He was the son of Shaikh Uvais....
     (1383 - 1410)
  • Shah Walad (1410-1411)
  • Mahmud (1411-1415)
  • Uwais II
    Uvais II

    Uvais II was a Jalayirids ruler of Basra . He was the son of Shah Walad.In 1415 Uvais succeeded his brother Mahmud as Jalayirid ruler. During his reign, he conducted two campaigns against the Black Sheep Turkmen in an attempt to recover Baghdad for the Jalayirids....
     (1415-1421)
  • Mohammed (1421-1422)
  • Mahmud II (1422-1424)
  • Husain II (1424-1432)


See also

  • Chupanids
    Chupanids

    The Chupanids, also known as the S?ld?z or the Chobanids , were descendants of a Mongol family that came to prominence in 14th century Persian Empire....