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Shaykh Uways

d. 1374 · 14th century · Also known as Shaikh Uvais, Uways I

Shaykh Uways was sultan of the Jalayirid dynasty from 1356 to 1374, son of its founder Hasan Buzurg. He took Tabriz in 1360 and ruled both Iraq and Azerbaijan, the height of Jalayirid power. Presenting himself as heir to the Ilkhans, he was a patron of Persian poetry and painting, and his court at Baghdad and Tabriz fostered manuscript illustration.

Shaykh Uways
Image: 14th century painter and writer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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