Shaikh Hussain Jalayir (died April or May 1382) was a

Jalayirid 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 ...

ruler (1374–1382). He was the son of

Shaikh Awais Jalayir Shaykh Uways Jalayir () was the Jalayirid Sultanate, Jalayirid ruler of Iraq (1356–1374) and Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan (1360–1374). He was the son of Hasan Buzurg and the Chobanids, Chobanid princess Dilshad Khatun. Rise to throne Shortl ...

. Following the execution of his brother

Shaikh Hasan Jalayir Shaikh Hasan Jalayir (died October 9, 1374) was briefly Jalayirid 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 Husa ...

, the amirs placed Shaikh Hussain Jalayir on the throne. Almost immediately he had to deal with an invasion by his brother-in-law Shah Mahmud of the

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. Shah Mahmud, who was the son-in-law of

, advanced a claim on

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and took the city. Illness, however, forced him to abandon the region. This was followed by an invasion by the leader of the Muzaffarids, Shah Shuja, but despite taking the city, he was also forced to retreat due to a rebellion in

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. It was only in the summer of 1376 that Shaikh Hussain Jalayir took up residence in Tabriz. In the following spring, he undertook a successful campaign against the

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under Bairam Khwaja, who had been raiding from the west. Shaikh Hussain Jalayir's reign was marred by conflict with his surviving brothers; namely,

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, Sultan Ahmed Jalayir, and Shaikh Bayazid Jalayir. Shaikh Hussain Jalayir also lost his popularity among many amirs who disliked his support of the powerful 'Adil Aqa, the governor of

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. Shaikh Hussain Jalayir was faced with a series of uprisings, hostility among his brothers, and troubles with his external enemies. When 'Adil Aqa turned on him, Shaikh Hussain Jalayir lost his last powerful supporter. Sultan Ahmed Jalayir advanced from

Ardabil Ardabil (, ) is a city in northwestern Iran. It is in the Central District (Ardabil County), Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The ...

and occupied

near the end of April 1382; he ordered Husain's execution. Ahmad would then himself take the throne, but conflict between him and 'Adil Aqa and Bayazid meant that the state fell into a period of disunity.

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. 1382 deaths Jalayirids Year of birth unknown {{Asia-royal-stub