Demasq Kaja (died August 25, 1327) was a member of the
Chobanid
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 during the middle of the fourteenth century. He was the son of
Coban.
During the 1320s, Coban accumulated a great deal of power as an amir of the
Ilkhanate. While technically serving the
Ilkhan
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, ...
Abu Sa'id, he was the effective power behind the throne. He therefore divided up Persia between himself and his sons. Demasq became viceroy of
Azerbaijan and
Iraq. In addition, he gained the use of the powers that the vizier Rukn al-Din Sa'in had been invested with.
During 1326 and 1327, both Coban and Rukn were campaigning in
Khurasan
Greater Khorāsān,Dabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 or Khorāsān ( pal, Xwarāsān; fa, خراسان ), is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plate ...
. With the two gone, Demasq was effectively in control back at the Ilkhanid capital of
Sultaniya
Soltaniyeh ( fa, سلطانيه, also Romanized as Solţānīyeh, Solţāneyyeh, Sultaniye, and Sultānīyeh; also known as Sa‘īdīyeh; ) is the capital city of Soltaniyeh District of Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran.
At ...
. Abu Sa'id had resented the power of Coban and his offspring for some time by now, and he plotted their fall. Since Demasq was the most imminent threat, Abu Sa'id chose to deal with him first. When it was discovered that Demasq had been having with an affair with a former concubine of the late Ilkhan
Öljeitü's, Abu Sa'id used this as a pretext for moving against him. Demasq, trapped in Sultaniyah, tried to escape, but was killed in the process, in August 1327. He was the first of the Chobanids to be killed; several others would soon follow.
Family
;Consort
Demasq had one consort:
*Tursin Khatun (killed 1324), daughter of Irinjin Kurkan and Konchak Khatun, daughter of
Tekuder Khan;
;Daughters
Demasq had four daughters;
*
Dilshad Khatun, married firstly to
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, son of
Öljaitü, married secondly to Shaikh
Hasan Buzurg;
*Sultan Bakht Khatun, married firstly to Amir Ilkhan, son of Shaikh Hasan Buzurg, married secondly to Masud Shah Inju;
*Dendi Shah Khatun, married to Shaikh Ali Khushji, and mother of Missar Malik;
*Alam Shah Khatun, married to Sultan Shah, son of Nikruz;
References
Chobanids
1327 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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