Muzaffar al-Din Hajjaj was a nominal Qutlughkhanid prince of

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

, a son of

Qutb al-Din Mohammad Qutb al-Din Mohammad — was Qutlughanid ruler of Kerman and a nephew of Buraq Hajib, founder of dynasty. Life He was a son of Hamīd Pur (or Khan Temür), thus a nephew of Buraq Hajib. His father was an emir in service of Khwarazmshah dynasty ...

and

Kutlugh Turkan Kutlugh Turkan (c.1208/1213 – 1283), was a ruler of Kirman from 1257 until 1282. Early life Different accounts exist regarding her early life. According to "History of Qara-Khitai Shahs" (''Tāriḵ-e šāhi-e Qarāḵtāʾiān'') by anonym ...

Life

Muzaffar al-Din Hajjaj was a minor when his father

died in 1257. Kerman nobles assembled and asked

Hulegu Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulegu ( mn, Хүлэгү/ , lit=Surplus, translit=Hu’legu’/Qülegü; chg, ; Arabic: fa, هولاکو خان, ''Holâku Khân;'' ; 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of West ...

for

's appointment as the ruler of the principality. Hulegu confirmed Hajjaj as the new ruler of Kerman, while Kutlugh Turkan was named a regent responsible for civil affairs. Hajjaj's brother-in-law Azad al-Din Hajji was confirmed as the supreme commander, much to Turkan's displeasure, who later obtained full sovereign rights. Hajjaj married

Arghun Aqa Arghun Agha, also Arghun Aqa or Arghun the Elder (; ; - 1275) was a Mongol noble of the Oirat clan in the 13th century. He was a governor in the Mongol-controlled area of Persia from 1243 to 1255, before the Ilkhanate was created by Hulagu. Ar ...

's daughter Begi Khatun - a woman his father wanted to marry - in 1264. This was the year when Turkan was acknowledged by Hulegu as a ruler in her own right, putting Hajjaj under her shadow. Once he reached adulthood, Hajjaj began to fight at the front of the

Ilkhanid The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm ...

army ranks, Chagataid where he achieved fame. This was confirmed when he was honored by

Abaqa Abaqa Khan (27 February 1234 – 4 April 1282, mn, Абаха/Абага хан (Khalkha Cyrillic), ( Traditional script), "paternal uncle", also transliterated Abaġa), was the second Mongol ruler (''Ilkhan'') of the Ilkhanate. The son of Hulag ...

in 1270. According to "History of Qara-Khitai Shahs" (''Tāriḵ-e šāhi-e Qarāḵtāʾiān''), he grew ambitious and asked Turkan to dance in front of her while his followers chanted "''The sky and the stars are old. Your fortuitous lot is young. It would be better if the old would give its turn to the young!''". Tarkan hastily left for

Padishah Khatun Safwat al-Din Khatun (1256–1295), otherwise known as Padishah Khatun, was the ruler of Kirman from 1292 until 1295 as a member of the Mongol vassal Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty in Persia. Life She was born in 1256, as the youngest dau ...

's headquarters in order to quell Hajjaj's upcoming uprising.

Exile and death

Hajjaj contacted several Ögedeid and Chagataid princes to plot against

. This plot was revealed when some of his ministers and commanders, including Taj al-Din Satilmish defected to Turkan, who in turn asked for Abaqa's interference. Learning of Abaqa's advance to Kirman, he left for Sistan in 1275 and then for

Delhi Sultanate The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526).

in 1279. His wife and children were taken to Abaqa's court, his lands were confiscated, then granted to Suyurgatmish. He died in July 1291.

Family

He was married to Begi Khatun, daughter of

and had at least 4 issues: * Qutb al-Din Taghishah — ruled

Sirjan Sirjan ( fa, سيرجان, also Romanized as Sīrjān; formerly Sa‘īdābād) is a city and the capital of Sirjan County, Kerman Province,in the south of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population was 324,103 in 95,357 families. Sirjan ...

. *

Muzaffar al-Din Mohammad Muzaffar al-Din Mohammad was the penultimate Qutlugh-Khanids, Qutlughkhanid ruler of Kerman. Life He was the son of Muzaffar al-Din Hajjaj. He succeeded Kurdujin Khatun as hereditary ruler of Kerman on the order of Ghazan in 1295/1296. One of hi ...

— ruled Kirman from 1296–1304 *Mahmudshah *Ala al-Din Hasanshah{{Cite journal, last=Landa, first=Ishayahu, date=2018, title=New Light on Early Mongol Islamisation: The Case of Arghun Aqa's Family1, url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/new-light-on-early-mongol-islamisation-the-case-of-arghun-aqas-family1/EBC828779461678CFCFDCE46ED89BB86, journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, language=en, volume=28, issue=1, pages=77–100, doi=10.1017/S1356186317000438, issn=1356-1863 (with Begi Khatun) *Dundi Shah Khatun (with Begi Khatun)

References

13th-century Khitan rulers 13th century in Iran 1240s births 1291 deaths Qutlugh-Khanids