Islamic Rulers
The Mongols and after

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In 1206 the mounted warriors of Chingiz Khan (Genghis Khan) set out from what is now Outer Mongolia, to conquer as much as the world as they could - to the Mediterranean, to the gates of Vienna, to Russia and China.
THE MONGOLS
DYNASTY LOCATION DATES NOTES
Great Mongols (Chingizid) Central Asia 1206 - 1270s Genghis Khan 1206-1227
Chaghatayid Khans Central Asia 1227 - 1367 from Chaghatay, son of Genghis Khan
Shahs of Badakhshan Greek Bactria, northern Afghanistan 1291 - 1374 vassals? of the Chaghatayids
White Horde Siberia and eastern Qipchaq (south-east Kazakstan) 1226 - 1377
Blue Horde southern Russia and western Qipchaq (south-east Kazakstan) 1227 - 1359
Golden Horde (Jujid) southern Russia 1377 - 1499 White Horde and Blue Horde united
Muhammad Uzbek
Khans of Kazan c. 700km west of Moscow 1437 - 1552 result of the break-up of the Golden Horde
Khans of Astrakhan north coast of Caspian Sea 1466 - 1554 result of the break-up of the Golden Horde
Giray Khans of the Crimea (Krim), northern shores of the Black Sea 1420 - 1475 later vassals of the Ottoman Empire, result of the break-up of the Golden Horde
Sufid at Khwarizm Uzbekistan 1361 - 1379 briefly took power from the Golden Horde
Ilkhans (Mongols of Persia) see right 1256 - 1357 empire created in Iran and Iraq by Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan.
Sulayman 1339-1346
east of Caspian Sea
IRAN after the MONGOLS
Injuyid southern Iran 1339 - 1356 originally governors to Ilkhans, overseeing their lands in Fars="Inju" in Mongolian. originally governors to Ilkhans at Yazd, independent under Muhammad b. al-Muzaffar.
Abu Ishaq 1342 - 1356
Muzaffarid southern Iran 1335 - 1393 originally Ilkhan governors at Yazd
Shah Shuja 1358 - 1386
Atabegs of Lur Buzurg (Hazaraspid) Luristan, south west Iran 1350 - 1356
Jalayrid Mongol dynasty in Iran, Iraq and eastern Anatolia 1335 - 1432 Ahmad 1382 - 1409
Sutayid al Jazira, capital Mosul, Iraq 1342 - 1347
Eretnid central Anatolia 1335 - 1366
Qadi of Sivas central Anatolia 1380 - 1399 successors to the Eretnids
Amirs of Ahlat Ahlat (Khilat), Bitlis, eastern Turkey 1350s
Maliks of Hakkari Kurdish rulers in south-east corner of Turkey 1350s
Bukhti Kurds Jazira (Cizre) and Siirt, south-east Turkey 1400s - late 1460s
Sharaf Khans Kurdish rulers at Bidlis (Bitlis), eastern Turkey 1st half of 15th century - 1494
Sardadar Shiite sect in north eastern Iran1347 - 1384 Sardadar="Gallowsbirds")
Amir of Astarbad (Walid) Gorgan, Iran, Mazandaran Province east of Caspian Sea 1356 - 1386
Afrasiyabid Mazandaran, Iran, east of Caspian Sea 1357 - 1370s Iranian followers of the "hidden" Iman, al-Mahdi
Jauni-Qurbani Tus region, Khorasan north-eastern Iran 1371 - 1381 Mongol
Husaynid Shiite dynasty in Gilan province, northern Iran 1396 - 1426
Tajasbid Daylamite dynasty at Kuchisfan (Kuchesfahan), Gilan province, northern Iran 1405 - 1406
Taghaytimurid Astarabad, northern Iran 1405 - 1407
Kart Herat, Afghanistan 1332 - 1352
Mehrabanid Nimruz, southern Afghanistan 1261 - 1419 Sistani rulers, originally Mongol vassals
'Izz al-Din Karman 1352-1382 AD

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