Sultan Ahmed Mirza () was the eldest son of

Abu Sa'id Mirza Abu Sa'id Mirza ( Chagatay/; 14248 February 1469) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire during the mid-fifteenth century. Born a minor prince of the Timurid dynasty, Abu Sa'id quickly established himself as the most prominent among his warring re ...

on whose death he became the Timurid ruler of

Samarkand Samarkand ( ; Uzbek language, Uzbek and Tajik language, Tajik: Самарқанд / Samarqand, ) is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central As ...

and

Bukhara Bukhara ( ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents . It is the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and t ...

from 1469 until 1494. During his rule, he successfully repelled at least one invasion attempt by the

Kara Koyunlu The Qara Qoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu (, ; ), also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a culturally Persianate, Muslim Turkoman "Kara Koyunlu, also spelled Qara Qoyunlu, Turkish Karakoyunlular, English Black Sheep, Turkmen tribal federation th ...

, and failed in an attempt to conquer

Khurasan KhorasanDabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 (; , ) is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plateau in West Asia, West and Central Asia that encompasses wes ...

from its ruler Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara. He was embroiled in the

Timurid Civil Wars The Timurid wars of succession were a set of three war of succession, wars of succession in Central Asia waged between princes (''amirs'') of the Timurid Empire during the 15th century and early 16th century following deaths of important monarchs. ...

with his brothers Umar Shaikh Mirza II and

Sultan Mahmud Mirza Sultan Mahmud Mirza ( Chagatai and ; 1453 – January 1495) was a Timurid prince from the branch of Transoxiana. He was the second son of Abu Sa'id Mirza, the ruler of the Timurid Empire. Biography His father gave him the government of Hisar ...

. He died while returning from his Ferghana expedition against

Babur Babur (; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also ...

, the twelve-year-old son and successor of Umar Shaikh Mirza II. As he had no male heir, he was succeeded by his brother, Sultan Mahmud Mirza.

Family

;Consorts Ahmed had six consorts: * Mihr Nigar Khanum, daughter of

Yunus Khan Yunus Khan (b. 1416 – d. 1487) ( Chagatai and Persian: یونس خان), was Khan of Moghulistan from 1462 until his death in 1487. He is identified by many historians with Ḥājjī `Ali (, Pinyin: ''Hazhi Ali''; Chagatai and Persian ...

Moghulistan Moghulistan, also called the Moghul Khanate or the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, was a Muslims, Muslim, Mongol, and later Turkic peoples, Turkic breakaway khanate of the Chagatai Khanate and a historical geographic area north of the Tian Shan, Teng ...

and Aisan Daulat Begum *Terkhan Begum, of the family of Terkhans *Qatak/Qutaq Begum, foster sister of Terkhan Begum *Khanzada Begum, sprung of the khans of Termez *Latif Begum, daughter of Ahmed Haji Beg *Habiba Sultan Begum, daughter of Sultan Arghun ; ;Sons Two sons who died in infancy - mothers unknown ;Daughters Ahmed had five daughters, four of them born to Qatak Begum, two of whom Babur married: * Rabia Sultan Begum known as Karaguz Begum - with Qatak Begum, married firstly to Sultan Mahmud Khan, married secondly to Jani Beg Sultan Uzbek *Salika Sultan Begum known as Ak Begum - with Qatak Begum, married to Sultan Masud Mirza, son of

* Aisha Sultan Begum - with Qatak Begum, married to

*Sultanum Begum - with Qatak Begum, married firstly to Sultan Ali Mirza, son of Sultan Mahmud Mirza, secondly to Temur Sultan, son of Muhammad Shaybani, married thirdly to Mehdi Sultan * Masuma Sultan Begum - with Habiba Sultan Begum, married to

Ancestry

References

Timurid monarchs 15th-century monarchs in Asia 1451 births 1494 deaths {{CAsia-hist-stub