Kart dynasty

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Was one of the many polities that emerged from the fragmentation of the Ilkhanate. It controlled the region of Khorasan in Iran.

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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1. Battle of Zava

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.

2. Timurid invasions

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.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

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.