kart dynasty
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Kart dynasty
Kart dynasty (Timurid Empire)
Establishment
January 1336: Upon the fragmentation of the Ilkhanate in 1335, Mu'izz-uddin Husayn ibn Ghiyath-uddin, also known as Hasan Buzurg, was a Kart dynasty ruler who worked to expand his principality in the region of Kerman, located in present-day Iran.
January 1336: After the Ilkhanate's collapsed in 1335, the Mihrabanids, a Turkic dynasty founded by Mihraban, gained independence in the region. The Mihrabanids were known for their military prowess and ruled over parts of modern-day Iran and Azerbaijan.
Chronology
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Was fought on July 18, 1342 between the armies of the Sarbadars and the Kartids (or Kart dynasty).
July 1342: The retreat of Ḥasan Jūrī's followers turned the tide of battle in favor of the Kartids and the Sarbadār were forced to abandon Khorāsān.
Military campaigns of Timur (or Tamerlane), a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.
May 1381: Kart ruler Ghiyas-uddin Pir 'Ali was made Timur's vassal.
January 1382: Tamerlan ruled over much of Persian Khorasan by 1381.
January 1397: Timur supported a rebellion in 1382 by the maliks of Herat. Ghiyas-uddin Pir 'Ali and his family were executed around 1383, and Timur's son Miran Shah destroyed the revolt. That same year, a new uprising led by a Shaikh Da'ud-i Khitatai in Isfizar was quickly put down by Miran Shah. The remaining Karts were murdered in 1396 at a banquet by Miran Shah. The Karts therefore came to an end.
2.1.Tokhtamysh-Timur war
Was a war between the Golden Horde and the Timurid Empire.
January 1384: After the death of Abu Sa'id in 1335, the last ruler of the Ilkhanid Dynasty, a power vacuum emerged in Persia. Persia's vulnerability led to military incursions from Persia's neighbours. In 1383 Timur started his military conquest of that country. In 1385 he captured Herat, Khorasan and all of eastern Persia.
April 1337: The Sarbadar state came into existence around early 1337. At that time, much of Khurasan was under the control of the Ilkhanid claimant Togha Temur and his amirs.
September 1337: In the summer of 1337, the Sarbadars, a Persian Shia sect, took possession of Sabzavar, a city in northeastern Iran.
January 1358: In 1357, the Khan of the Golden Horder Jani Beg of the Golden Horde conquered Chupanid-held Tabriz for a year, putting an end to the Ilkhanate remnant.
January 1358: Mubariz ad-Din Muhammad conquered Isfahan and Tabriz (1357), becoming the most important ruler in Iran.
January 1377: The Sarbadars soon suffered a period of internal strife, and Ghiyas-uddin Pir 'Ali took advantage of this by seizing the city of Nishapur around 1375 or 1376.
Disestablishment
January 1397: Timur supported a rebellion in 1382 by the maliks of Herat. Ghiyas-uddin Pir 'Ali and his family were executed around 1383, and Timur's son Miran Shah destroyed the revolt. That same year, a new uprising led by a Shaikh Da'ud-i Khitatai in Isfizar was quickly put down by Miran Shah. The remaining Karts were murdered in 1396 at a banquet by Miran Shah. The Karts therefore came to an end.
Selected Sources
Atwood, C. P. (2004): Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, New York (USA), p. 236
