Ghazan II
| Ghazan Khan | |
|---|---|
| File:Ilkhanids. Ghazan II. AH 757-758 AD 1356-1357 Tabriz mint. Dated AH 757 (AD 1356).jpg Gold coinage of Ghazan II. Tabriz mint. Dated AH 757 (1356 CE) | |
| Il-Khan Chupanid puppet | |
| Reign | 1356 - 1357 |
| Predecessor | Anushirwan |
| Died | 1357 |
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Ghazan II (Persian: غازان) was the last nominal ruler of the Ilkhanate.
Life
[edit | edit source]His existence is known through works of medieval authors and numismatics, but otherwise is unattested in history. He appears to have been a puppet of Malek Ashraf in 1356. According to Abū Bakr al-Qutbī al-Ahrī, author of Tarikh-i Uways, when Jani Beg demanded Malek Ashraf to submit in 1357, he replied: "He is the padishah of the ulus of Berke, he has nothing to do with the ulus of Abaqa, for here the ruler is Ghazan and the emirate is mine."[1][2] He was mentioned by Nur al-Din Azhdari in his Ghazan-nama, whose father Shams al-Din Muhammad served Ghazan II.[3]
His coins have been minted in Mardin (1356),[4] Qom (1357),[5] Soltaniyeh, Maragha, Ray,[6] Ani, Barda, Ganja, Khoy, Mamaqan, Nakhchivan, Sharur, Tabriz, Tbilisi, Urmia and others.[7] The coins minted in the name of Ghazan II in Tabriz and Tiflis followed the designs of the neighbouring Golden Horde, while those minted in Maragha followed traditional Ilkhanid designs.[7]
References
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