Hushang () was the
Shirvanshah
The Shirvanshahs (Arabic/) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab and later Persianized dynasty, who became known as the Kasranids (also referred t ...
from 1372/73 to 1382.
Life
He was the son and successor of
Kavus, under whom the Shirvanshah kingdom came under the rule of the
Jalayirid Sultanate
The Jalayirid Sultanate () was a dynasty of Mongol Jalayir origin, which ruled over modern-day Iraq and western Iran after the breakup of the Ilkhanate in the 1330s.Bayne Fisher, William. ''The Cambridge History of Iran'', p. 3: "From then until ...
(1335–1432). Hushang himself was brought up in court of
Shaykh Uways as a hostage and was released as soon as his father died.
He didn't resist and possibly preferred guerilla warfare against
Shah Mansur
Shah Mansur, also named Shah Mansoor or Shahmansoor, is a town and Union Council of Swabi District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°4'0N 72°27'0E with an altitude of 301 metres (990 feet).
According to E ...
who was tasked with conquering Shirvan as a part of
Shah Shoja Mozaffari
Shah Shoja (), was the ruler of the Mozaffarids from 1358 to 1384. He was the son and successor of Mubariz al-Din Muhammad. During the lengthy reign of Shah Shoja, his kingdom reached its zenith of power, stretching from Balochistan to Arran.
...
's invasion of Azerbaijan in 1375.
He continued to mint coins with legends mentioning Jalayirid overlords like
Shaikh Hussain Jalayir
Shaikh Hussain Jalayir (died April or May 1382) was a Jalayirid ruler (1374–1382). He was the son of Shaikh Awais Jalayir. Following the execution of his brother Shaikh Hasan Jalayir, the amirs placed Shaikh Hussain Jalayir on the throne. Almost ...
and
Ahmad Jalayir
Sultan Ahmad (سلطان احمد جلایر) was the ruler of the Jalayirid Sultanate (ruled 1382–1410), he was son to the most accomplished ruler of the sultanate, Shaykh Uways Jalayir. Early in his reign, he was involved in conflicts with h ...
throughout his reign. According to
Munejjimbashi, he reconciled brothers who escaped to
Arran in fear of the powerful
'Adil Aqa, the governor of
Ray
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Fish
* Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea
* Ray (fish fin anatomy), the bony or horny spine on ray-finned fish
Science and mathematics
* Half-line (geometry) or ray, half of a line split at an ...
.
Hushang was killed by his subjects in 1382, thus marking the end of the
Kasranid branch of the dynasty. He was succeeded by
Ibrahim I Ibrahim I may refer to:
*Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab (756–812), first emir of the Aghlabids in Ifriqiya
* Ibrahim I ibn Marzuban I ( 957–979), King of Dvin and Azerbaijan
*İbrahim I of Karaman ( 1318–1343), bey of Karaman Beylik
*Ibrahim I of Sh ...
(), his cousin. This marked the start of the
Darbandi line.
Legacy
The poet
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Arif Ardabili dedicated his Persian ''
masnavi
The ''Masnavi'', or ''Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi'' (, DIN 31635, DMG: ''Mas̲navī-e maʻnavī''), also written ''Mathnawi'', or ''Mathnavi'', is an extensive poem written in Persian language, Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, also known as Rumi. I ...
'' (poem written in
rhyming couplet
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s) ''Farhad u Shirin'' to Hushang. A miniature copy depicting this event is stored in the
Topkapı Palace
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in
Istanbul
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.
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1382 deaths
Year of birth unknown
14th-century Iranian people
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