Sultan Baysonqor Mirza Bin Mahmud Mirza
Baysonqor Mirza (or Baysunkar Mirza) (1477–1499) was the ninth ruler of the Timurid dynasty in Transoxiana. He ruled in Samarkand between 1495 and 1497. Biography Baysunkar Mirza (1477–1499), was the second son of Sultan Mahmud Mirza, the third son of the Timurid Abu Sa'id Mirza. His father ruled large parts of Transoxiana between 1494 and 1495. Initially, his father gave him Bukhara as an inheritance. In 1495, after the death of his father, the Begs also made him ruler of Samarkand. The time of his reign was turbulent. In 1495, he repelled an attack against Samarkand by Mahmud Khan (Moghul Khan), Mahmud, Khan of Western Moghulistan. In 1496, he was forced to fight to retain power against his brother, Sultan Ali bin Mahmud Mirza, Sultan Ali Mirza. Initially, he was supported by Sultans Mahdi and Hamza, who were close to the Uzbek Khan Muhammad Shaybani, but later they abandoned him. He subsequently lost Bukhara to his brother Sultan Ali Mirza. In 1497, Samarkand was Siege o ...
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