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Ahmad Jalayir

d. 1410 · 15th century · Also known as Sultan Ahmad Jalayir

Ahmad Jalayir was the Jalayirid sultan of Baghdad and Tabriz from 1382 to 1410, a poet, calligrapher and patron of manuscript painting. Timur drove him from Baghdad in 1393 and 1401, and he took refuge with the Mamluks and the Ottomans before returning. After Timur's death he tried to recover Tabriz, but Qara Yusuf of the Qara Qoyunlu defeated and killed him in 1410.

Ahmad Jalayir
Image: Maʿrūf Baghdādī for Sultan Ahmad (ruled 1382 to 1410) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

JalayiridsQara Qoyunlu

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