A portrait of Sultan Husayn Bayqara, from an early illustrated manuscript.
Amir of the Timurid Empire
Reign
24 March 1469 – 4 May 1506
Predecessor
Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza Abu Sa'id Mirza
Successor
Badi' al-Zaman Mirza & Muzaffar Husayn Mirza
Born
June 1438 Herat, present-day Afghanistan
Died
4 May 1506 (age 68) Baba Ilahi, Khurasan
Burial
Musalla Complex, Herat, present-day Afghanistan
Spouses
Bega Sultan Begum Chuli Begum Shahr Banu Begum Payanda Sultan Begum Khadija Begi Agha Zainab Sultan Begum Afak Begum Zobeida Sultan Aghacha Baba Aghacha Latifa Sultan Aghacha Mangeli Bi Aghacha Begi Sultan Aghacha
Issue
Badi' al-Zaman Mirza Muzaffar Husayn Mirza Shah Gharīb Mirza Abul Hassan Mirza Muhammad Muhsin Mirza Abu Tarab Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mirza Feridun Husayn Mirza Haider Mirza Muhammad Maasum Mirza Farrukh Husayn Mirza Ibrahim Husayn Mirza Ibn Husayn Mirza Muhammad Qasim Mirza Sultanim Begum Ak Begum Kechek Begum Bega Begum Agha Begum Fatima Sultan Begum Nizhad Sultan Begum Sa'adat Bakht Begum Aisha Sultan Begum Maryam Sultan Begum Munawar Sultan Begum
Names
Husayn Mirza bin Mansur bin Bayqarah bin Umar Shaikh bin Timur
House
Timurid
Dynasty
Timurid dynasty
Father
Mansur Mirza
Mother
Firuza Sultan Begum
Religion
Islam
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Campaigns of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara
Jauzi Wali
1st Herat
Torshiz
Khurasan
2nd Herat
Chenaran
Sabzevar
3rd Herat
Chikman Serai
Jurjan
Kunduz
Hissar
4th Herat
Bost
Aulang Nishin
Baba Ilahi
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Second Timurid Succession Crisis
Ulugh Beg's campaigns
1st Balkh
Tarnab
1st Herat
Khurasan
Amu Darya
Samarkand
Dimishq
Abdal-Latif Mirza's campaigns
Urdu Bazar Revolt
Damghan
Nishapur
2nd Balkh
Tarnab
1st Herat
Khurasan
Amu Darya
Dimishq
Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza's campaigns
Urdu Bazar Revolt
Damghan
Khurasan
1st Sistan
1st Asterabad
Farhadgerd
2nd Asterabad
Herat
Balkh
Herat
Kaburan
2nd Sistan
Ala al-Dawla Mirza's campaigns
Nishapur
2nd Balkh
Tarnab
1st Herat
Balkh
Sarakhs
Abu Sa'id Mirza's campaigns
1st Samarkand
2nd Samarkand
Yasi
3rd Samarkand
4th Samarkand
1st Herat
Murghab
2nd Herat
Sarakhs
Jauzi Wali
3rd Herat
Shahrukhiya
Sultan Husayn Bayqara's campaigns
Jauzi Wali
1st Herat
Torshiz
Khurasan
2nd Herat
Coronation of Sultan Husayn Bayqara (attributed to Mansur). Kneeling on a throne inscribed with his name, the ruler is accompanied by his son Badi al-Zaman. To the right, an attendant carries a gold crown, while another shields it with a small, gold parasol. Both objects were the most important attributes of kingship in the Timurid era. Herat, c. 1469. Art and History Collection
Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza (Persian: سلطان حسین بایقراHusayn Bāyqarā; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470.[1]
A skilled statesman, Sultan Husayn Bayqara was best known for his interest in the arts and was renowned as a benefactor and patron of learning in his kingdom,[2] with his reign being heralded as the second Timurid Renaissance.[3] He has been described as "the quintessential Timurid ruler of the later period in Transoxiana" and his sophisticated court and generous artistic patronage was a source of admiration, particularly from his cousin, the Mughal emperor Babur.[4] Sultan Husayn Bayqara was the last Timurid ruler of consequence in Khorasan.[2]
^Subtelny 2007, pp. 43–44
^ abRoemer 2004, pp. 508–511.
^The Archaeology of Afghanistan from Earliest Times to the Timurid Period by Frank Raymond Allchin, Norman Hammond, Nicholas G. Hammond, page 379
^Lisa Balabanlilar The Begims of the Mystic Feast: Turco-Mongol Tradition in the Mughal Harem, The Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 69, No. 1 (2010), p. 128
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