Shaikh Mahmoud (d. around 1327) was a member of the
Chupanid
The Chobanids or the Chupanids ( fa, سلسله امرای چوپانی) were descendants of a Mongol family of the Suldus clan that came to prominence in 14th century Persia. At first serving under the Ilkhans, they took ''de facto'' control ...
family who lived in the
Ilkhanate
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 ...
. He was the fourth son of
Chupan
Amir Chūpān ( fa, امیر چوپان; died November 1327), also spelt Choban or Coban, was a Chupanid noble of the Ilkhanate, and nominal general of the Mongol Empire. He was ennobled by Emperor Taiding of Yuan as Duke of Yi (翊國公).
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During his lifetime he was made governor of
Armenia
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and
Georgia
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. Upon the fall of his father in 1327 by the
Ilkhan Abu Sa'id, he was brought to
Tabriz
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and executed.
Shaikh Mahmud had four sons; of these,
Pir Hosayn would play an influential role in the strife amongst the Chupanids in the 1340s.
References
Sources
* {{cite encyclopedia , article = CHOBANIDS , last1 = Melville , first1 = Charles , last2 = Zaryāb , first2 = ʿAbbās , authorlink = , url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/chobanids-chupanids-pers , editor-last = , editor-first = , editor-link = , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. V, Fasc. 5 , pages = 496–502 , location = , publisher = , year = 1991 , isbn =
Chobanids