Jalayirid Sultanate
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The Jalayirid Sultanate was a Persianate Mongol Jalayir dynasty which ruled over Iraq and western Persia after the breakup of the Mongol Ilkhanate in the 1330s. It came under Timurid influence after Timur's forces took Aleppo in November 1400.
Establishment
January 1336: The Jalayirid Sultanate was a Persianate Mongol Jalayir dynasty which ruled over Iraq and western Persia after the breakup of the Mongol khanate of Persia in the 1330s.
Chronology
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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.
1.1.Tokhtamysh-Timur war
Was a war between the Golden Horde and the Timurid Empire.
1.1.1.Timur's invasions of Georgia
Was the military invasion of Georgia by the Timurid Empire.
January 1386: After having overrun Azerbaijan and Kars, Timur marched into Georgia.
November 1386: Tamerlan occupied Tbilisi and captured the Georgian king Bagrat V.
June 1387: When Timur was informed that Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde, was approaching Iran, he temporarily withdrew from the territories he had occupied in Georgia.
1.2.Timurid invasion Anatolia
Was a Timurid campaign in Anatolia, which was occupied for several years.
December 1400: Timur's forces took Aleppo in November 1400.
September 1337: In the summer of 1337, the Sarbadars, a Persian Shia sect, took possession of Sabzavar, a city in northeastern Iran.
January 1358: Mubariz ad-Din Muhammad conquered Isfahan and Tabriz (1357), becoming the most important ruler in 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: Following the assassination of Jani Beg, the Golden Horde quickly lost Azerbaijan to the Jalayir king Shaikh Uvais in 1357.
January 1375: The Kara Koyunlu rebelled against the Jalairids, and secured their independence from the dynasty with the conquest of Tabriz by Qara Yusuf.
January 1381: The Emirate of Hakkari was founded in the mid-14th century by Emir Izz ad-Din Shir/Yazdan-Shir.
Disestablishment
December 1400: Timur's forces took Aleppo in November 1400.
Selected Sources
Atwood, C. P. (2004): Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, New York (USA), p. 236
