Uvais II was a Jalayirid

Jalayirids

The Jalayirids were a Mongol Jalayir dynasty which ruled over Iraq and western Persia after the breakup of the Mongol Khanate of Persia in the 1330s....

 ruler of Basra

Basra

Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...

 (1415–1421). 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

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

 for the Jalayirids. While conducting the second campaign he was killed in battle. He was followed by another brother, Sultan Muhammad.

External links

• "Jalayerids". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University. June 16, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2006.