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Miranshah
Mirza
Lord in al-Djibal
(c1366-1408x)
Titles
Lord in Iraq, 1405-08
Lord of Azerbaijan, 1405
Lord of Khorasan, >1380
Gurkan
Biographical
Born between c. 1366 and c. 1367,
Miranshah was the eldest surviving son of Timur, and he held the
government of 'Iraq, Azerbaijan, Dayarbikr and Syria during the lifetime
of his father. After his father's death, he reigned for three years in
those countries, when he was slain in a battle against Qara Yusaf the
Turkman.
After a fall from a horse in 1386, Miranshah had become mentally
deranged.
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Sources
1. P.J. Bearman; Th. Bianquis, et al, eds. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 10. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2000.
2. B.F. Manz. Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
3. B.F. Manz. The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
4. V. Minorsky; T. Minorsky. Four Studies of the History of Central Asia, vol. 2 (V.V. Barthold. Trans.). Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958.
5. H.G. Keene. An Oriental Biographical Dictionary Founded on Materials Collected by Thomas William Beale. London: W. H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1894.
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