Sultan Ahmad (سلطان احمد جلایر) was the ruler of the Jalayirid Sultanate (ruled 1382–1410), he was son to the most accomplished ruler of the sultanate, Shaykh Uways Jalayir. Early in his reign, he was involved in conflicts with his brothers. He would later suffer from several defeats with Timur and eventually imprisoned by the Mamluks. After being set free, he attacked his old enemy, the Qara Qoyunlu but was later captured and executed 1410.
executed 1410. Ahmad came to power as a result of a plot against his brother Shaikh Hussain Jalayir, who was captured and executed. Ahmad's other brothers...
Khwaja Mas'ud to govern Baghdad, but he was driven out when AhmadJalayir returned. Ahmad was unpopular but got help from Qara Yusuf of the Kara Koyunlu;...
The Jalayirid Sultanate (Persian: جلایریان) was a Mongol Jalayir dynasty which ruled over modern-day Iraq and western Iran after the breakup of the Mongol...
sultan AhmadJalayir also came to Damascus. Not wanting to worsen relations with Timur, An-Nasir Faraj agreed to capture Qara Yusuf and AhmadJalayir and...
(1394), Egyptian Mamluk-Jalayirid capture of Baghdad by Barquq and AhmadJalayir Siege of Baghdad (1401), by Tamerlane Capture of Baghdad (1534), Ottoman–Safavid...
(1400–1405). He was the son of Qara Mahammad Töremish, a brother-in-law to AhmadJalayir. After his father's death in rebellion by Pir Hasan, Qara Qoyunlu elders...
Shah placed Alinja under siege, catching Prince Tahir, son of Sultan AhmadJalayir inside. In 1388, George VII of Georgia broke through the siege, allowing...
a group of Tabrizi artists and calligraphers, formerly working for AhmadJalayir, who he installed in Herat to add to his existing artists from Shiraz...
captivity, together with AhmadJalayir, in Damascus. In prison the two leaders renewed their friendship, making an agreement that Jalayir should keep Baghdad...
local population in his trademark style. At the same time two princes, AhmadJalayir (Jalayirids) and Kara Yosuf (Qara Yusuf) sought for protection at Bayezid...
Jalair (Mongolian: Жалайр; ᠵᠠᠯᠠᠢᠷ; Chinese: 札剌亦兒), also Djalair, Yyalair, Jalayir, is one of the Darliqin Mongol tribes according to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani's...
of AhmadJalayir, the Jalayirid ruler of Iraq. Ahmed Lur was accompanied by Jalayirid sultan in his last military campaign in Azerbaijan. Jalayir was...
Fortress of Qahqahan. He had a consort, Khadija Sultan Khanum, and two sons, Ahmad Mirza (died 1568) Farukh Mirza (died 1568) Rustam Mirza (born 13 September...
Egyptian Mamluk sultanate in 1393. The marriage was arranged by his uncle AhmadJalayir as an alliance between Iraq and Egypt against Timur. The marriage was...
of this period, many artists, especially during the reign of Sultan AhmadJalayir, received patronage, with many kings themselves reciting poetry and...
heavy casualties and were captured. Hussain too was deposed soon by AhmadJalayir, who invaded Tabriz with the assistance of Shirvanshah Hushang (although...
Shaikh Hussain Jalayir (died April or May 1382) was a Jalayirid ruler (1374–1382). He was the son of Shaikh Awais Jalayir. Following the execution of his...
army Vafā Qutlugh — married to Qara Muhammad of Qara Qoyunlu by Sultan AhmadJalayir Hasan Buzurg seemed intent on restoring unity to the Ilkhanate. This...
was eased at this point. During the lull in the sieges, Tahir, son of AhmadJalayir, the ruler of Jalayirid Sultanate, arrived to strengthen the fortress...
early 14th century Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Sultan AhmadJalayir, with calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali Tabrizi and drawings attributed...
Bakuvi [ru] 1300s Yusuf Meddah Kadi Burhan al-Din Zarir of Erzurum [ru] AhmadJalayir Qasem-e Anvar Imadaddin Nasimi Badr Shirvani 1400s Jahan Shah Haqiqi...
Bakuvi [ru] 1300s Yusuf Meddah Kadi Burhan al-Din Zarir of Erzurum [ru] AhmadJalayir Qasem-e Anvar Imadaddin Nasimi Badr Shirvani 1400s Jahan Shah Haqiqi...
Ali Mirza (d. 31 January 1642), blinded and imprisoned by Abbas the Great Ahmad Mirza (died 7 March 1577), killed during Ismail II's purge Murad Mirza (d...
Bakuvi [ru] 1300s Yusuf Meddah Kadi Burhan al-Din Zarir of Erzurum [ru] AhmadJalayir Qasem-e Anvar Imadaddin Nasimi Badr Shirvani 1400s Jahan Shah Haqiqi...
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