Suleiman Khan () was a
Chobanid puppet for the throne of the
Ilkhanate during the breakdown of central authority in
Persia
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.
Life
His birth name was Ilyas and descended from the great-grandson of the Ilkhan
Hülegü's third son
Yoshmut. Like Jalayirid puppet
Jahan Temür, his ancestors were fallen out of favor in Ilkhanate. Yoshmut lost a qurultai to
Abaqa in 1265 and died on 18 Jul 1271. Yoshmut's son and Ilyas' grandfather Sogai were executed for treason against
Arghun in 1289.
Ilyas was raised to the throne around May 1339 by the Chobanid
Hasan Kucek and was given title Suleiman Khan. He then married
Sati Beg, who had previously been Hasan Kucek's puppet Ilkhan despite being very younger than her.
Suleiman was present at the battle on the Jaghatu against the
Jalayirids
The Jalayirid Sultanate was a culturally Persianate, Mongol Jalayir dynasty which ruled over Iraq and western Persia after the breakup of the Ilkhanate, Mongol khanate of Persia in the 1330s.Bayne Fisher, William. ''The Cambridge History of Ira ...
under
Hasan Buzurg
Shaikh Hasan (), also known as "Hasan Buzurg" ("Hasan The Great"), Hassan the Jalair or Hassan-e Uljatâï was the first of several de facto independent Jalayirid rulers of Iraq and central Iran.
Early years
He was born to Amir Husain Jalayir ...
in June 1340; the Chobanids emerged victorious. Around 1341 the
Sarbadars, in an attempt to foster an alliance with the Chobanids, accepted Hasan Kucek as their suzerain, and also recognized Suleiman as Ilkhan. He lost a battle against
Eretna near
Sivas later.
In 1343 Hasan Kucek was murdered and a rivalry broke out for the succession between Sati Beg's son Surgan,
Yagi Basti and
Malek Asraf. When Malek Asraf defeated Surgan and accused Suleiman of murdering Hasan. Suleiman amassed a part of Hasan Kucek's treasury as well, which led to Surgan, Sati Beg and Suleiman concluding an alliance. Suleiman appealed to Hasan Buzurg to intervene, who escorted him to
Tabriz
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. Malek Ashraf raised another puppet named
Anushirwan as new Ilkhan and rode to Tabriz. Hasan Buzurg meanwhile withdrew his support from Suleiman. They fled to
Diyarbakr, where Hajji Taghay's nephew Ibrahimshah; where his coins representing Suleiman were struck until 1345.
References
Sources
*Charles Melville and 'Abbas Zaryab. "Chobanids." ''Encyclopedia Iranica''.
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Il-Khan emperors
14th-century monarchs in Asia