Lutf Allah (d. c. 1357/58) was the leader of the
Sarbadars
The Sarbadars (from fa, سربدار ''sarbadār'', "head on gallows"; also known as Sarbedaran ) were a mixture of religious dervishes and secular rulers that came to rule over part of western Khurasan in the midst of the disintegration of t ...
of
Sabzewar
Sabzevar ( fa, سبزوار ), previously known as Beyhagh (also spelled "Beihagh"; fa, بيهق), is a city and capital of Sabzevar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, approximately west of the provincial capital Mashhad, in northeastern ...
from 1356 until his death.
Life
Lutf Allah was the son of
Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud
Wajih ad-Din Mas'ud (died 1344) was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1338-1343 until his death. Under his rule, the Sarbadar state developed its characteristic dual nature as both a secular and radical Shi'i state.
Early Reign
Mas'ud ...
, the second leader of the Sarbadars, and was considered by Mas'ud's adherents to be his legitimate successor. By the reign of
Yahya Karawi
Yahya Karawi (died 1355/56) was the leader of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from around 1353 until his death.
Reign
Yahya, an aristocrat, came to power after the assassination of Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali in around 1351. He had been informed before ...
he had come of age and Mas'ud's supporters were ready to install him as head of state. After the murder of Yahya in c. 1355 they attempted to seize control of the government. They were prevented from doing so by
Haidar Qassāb
Haidar Qassāb (died 1356) was the head of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar During 1356.
Biography
A possible member of the artisan guild, Haidar Qassāb served in the government of Khwaja Shams al-Din 'Ali as a collector of urban craft and trade tax ...
, who drove them from Sabzewar and killed many of them. The remaining members of Mas'ud's party fled to
Esfarayen
Esfarayen ( fa, اسفراین, also Romanized as Esfarāyen; formerly, Meyanābād, Mīānābād, and Mīyānābād) is a city and capital of Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province in Iran. At the 2011 census its population was 60,372 persons ...
, where Lutf Allah's
atabeg Nasr Allah rebelled against the central government. The situation for Lutf Allah improved when Haidar Qassib was murdered on the orders of
Hasan Damghani. Hasan then had Lutf Allah proclaimed as formal sovereign of the Sarbadars.
Lutf Allah's reign was short and consisted mostly of him acting as a figurehead for Hasan Damghani. During this time
Astarabad
Gorgan ( fa, گرگان ; also romanized as ''Gorgān'', ''Gurgān'', and ''Gurgan''), formerly Esterabad ( ; also romanized as ''Astarābād'', ''Asterabad'', and ''Esterābād''), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies app ...
was lost to
Amir Vali.
[Smith Jr., pp. 143-144] After a few years Lutf Allah got into a disagreement with Hasan Damghani, who deposed and executed him and then took formal control of the state. With Lutf Allah's death the party of Mas'ud was mostly broken.
Notes
References
*Roemer, H. R. "The Jalayirids, Muzaffarids and Sarbadars." ''The Cambridge History of Iran Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods.'' Edited by Peter Jackson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
*Smith, Jr., John Masson. ''The History of the Sarbadar Dynasty 1336-1381 A.D. and Its Sources''. The Hague: Mouton, 1970.
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Sarbadars
14th-century Iranian people
14th-century deaths
Year of birth unknown
Year of death uncertain