Anushirwan Khan ( fa, انوشیروان خان, ''Anūshīrvān Khān'') occupied the Ilkhanid throne from 1344 until his death in 1357. He was a puppet 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 ...

ruler Malek Ashraf 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 king Khosrow I Anushirvan. The Chobanids struck coins in his name until 1357. Ömer Diler, ''Ilkhans: Coinage of the Persian Mongols'' (Istanbul 2006), pp. 539-40.

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