Shaikh Hasan Jalayir (died October 9, 1374) was briefly
Jalayirid
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ruler for one day. He was the eldest son of
Shaikh Uways Jalayir. After his father died, Hasan succeeded him, but was immediately executed by his amirs, who then put his brother
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on the throne.
His father-in-law Qadi Shaykh Ali, leading ''
ulama
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"Ulama ...
'' of
Tabriz
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, protested this and was exiled to
Damascus
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.
References
*Peter Jackson (1986). ''The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume Six: The Timurid and Safavid Periods''.
*Edward G. Browne (1926). ''A Literary History of Persia: The Tartar Dominion''.
1374 deaths
Jalayirids
Year of birth unknown
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