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Abu Ishaq Inju

d. 1357 · 14th century

Abu Ishaq Inju was the last Injuid ruler of Fars, governing from Shiraz from about 1343. A cultivated and lavish ruler, he was visited by Ibn Battuta and patronised the poets Hafez and Ubayd Zakani. The Muzaffarid ruler Mubariz al-Din Muhammad took Shiraz in 1353 and had him executed in 1357.

Abu Ishaq Inju
Image: Shiraz, 1352-53 artist · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Injuid dynasty

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