Shaikh Mahmoud (d. around 1327) was a member of the
Chupanid family who lived in the
Ilkhanate
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. He was the fourth son of
Chupan
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During his lifetime he was made governor of
Armenia
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and
Georgia
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. Upon the fall of his father in 1327 by the
Ilkhan
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Abu Sa'id
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, he was brought to
Tabriz
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and executed.
Shaikh Mahmud had four sons; of these,
Pir Hosayn would play an influential role in the strife amongst the Chupanids in the 1340s.
References
Sources
* {{cite encyclopedia , article = CHOBANIDS , last1 = Melville , first1 = Charles , last2 = Zaryāb , first2 = ʿAbbās , authorlink = , url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/chobanids-chupanids-pers , editor-last = , editor-first = , editor-link = , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. V, Fasc. 5 , pages = 496–502 , location = , publisher = , year = 1991 , isbn =
Chobanids