Anushirwan Khan ( fa, انوشیروان خان, ''Anūshīrvān Khān'') occupied 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, ...

throne from 1344 until his death in 1357. He was a puppet of the Chobanid ruler

Malek Ashraf Malek Ashraf (), (-1357) was a Chupanid ruler of northwestern Iran during the 14th century. He was the last of the Chupanids to possess a significant influence within Ilkhanate. Early years He was the second son of Timurtash and his wife Daula ...

and possessed no power of his own. He is notable for being the last of the Ilkhan dynasty to have coins struck in his name. Anushirwan's origins are obscure. One account suggests that Malek Ashraf's wardrobe keeper, a certain Nushirvan, was raised to the throne and given the name ''Anushirvan'', after the famous

Sasanian The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

king Khosrow I Anushirvan. The Chobanids struck coins in his name until 1357.

Ömer Diler Ömer Diler (1945, Istanbul – 18 March 2005, Istanbul) was a Turkish numismatist specializing in Islamic coins. His posthumous book ''Ilkhans'' is the definitive work on the coinage of the Ilkhanate. Ömer Diler was trained as a chemical engin ...

, ''Ilkhans: Coinage of the Persian Mongols'' (Istanbul 2006), pp. 539-40.

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