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Abu Sa'id Mirza
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
(1429–69)

Titles

Lord of Transoxiana, 1451-69†

Biographical

After the death of his father in 1441, Abu Sa'id continued to live with Mirza Ulugh Beg, son of Mirza Shahrukh, at Samarkand, and served in his army when he was at war with his son Mirza 'Abdul-Latif; but when that prince was murdered by his unnatural son in October 1449, and he in his turn was slain after six or seven months by his own soldiers, and Samarkand was taken possession of by Mirza 'Abdullah, son of Mirza Ibrahim, and grandson of Mirza Shahrukh, Abu Sa'id, with the assistance of Abu-Khair Uzbek, having defeated and taken 'Abdullah prisoner in a battle, put him to death and ascended the throne of Samarkand in 1451. He also took possession of Khurasan after the death of Babar Sultan, son of Bayasaughar Mirza, in 1457, and greatly extended his dominions, but was at last taken prisoner in an ambuscade, and put to death. in 1469, after he had reigned 18 years. After his death, Sultan Husain Baiqra, surnamed Abul-Ghazi, a descendant of Amir Timur, made himself master of the empire. Abu Sa'id at his death left eleven sons. Abu Sa'id Mirza, says Babur Shah, though brought up in the city, was illiterate and unrefined.