‘Abdullah Mirza (after 1410 – June 1451) was a short-lived ruler of the
Timurid Empire, which encompassed the territory shared by present-day
Iran,
Afghanistan,
Pakistan, along with substantial areas of
India,
Mesopotamia and
Caucasus.
As a member of the
Timurid dynasty, Abdullah Mirza was a great-grandson of
Timur, a grandson of
Shah Rukh and a son of
Ibrahim Sultan Ibrahim Sultan can refer to:
* Ibrahim Sultan ibn Shahrukh (died 1435), a Timurid prince who governed Fars
* Ibrahim Sultan Ali
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. Granted the governorship of
Fars by his grandfather, Abdullah Mirza found his position threatened by his cousin
Sultan Muhammad during the 1447 succession crisis which followed Shah Rukh's death, and was forced to abandon the province. As a supporter of
Ulugh Beg, he was imprisoned by
'Abd al-Latif following the latter's rise to power. When 'Abd al-Latif was murdered, he was released and made ruler of
Samarkand
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, for which he was forced to lavish money upon the troops that supported him. Despite this, he did not enjoy widespread popularity.
During his relatively brief reign, a revolt created by Sultan Muhammad's brother
Ala al-Dawla Mirza did not seriously threaten him, but a rising initiated by
Abu Sa'id Mirza, whose home base, at the time, was in
Bukhara
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, proved to be fatal. Marching from
Tashkent to Samarkand with the support of
Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Abu Sa'id Mirza defeated Abdullah Mirza and executed him in 1451, taking his place on the throne.
References
*Roemer, H. R. (1986). "The Successors of Timur". ''The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods.'' Ed. Peter Jackson. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Timurid monarchs
Timurid civil wars
Executed royalty
People from Fars Province
15th-century births
1451 deaths
15th-century executions
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