executed 1410. Ahmad came to power as a result of a plot against his brother Shaikh Hussain Jalayir, who was captured and executed. Ahmad's other brothers...

The Jalayirid Sultanate (Persian: جلایریان) was a dynasty of Mongol Jalayir origin, which ruled over modern-day Iraq and western Iran after the breakup...

(1400–1405). He was the son of Qara Mahammad Töremish, a brother-in-law to Ahmad Jalayir. After his father's death in rebellion by Pir Hasan, Qara Qoyunlu elders...

sultan Ahmad Jalayir also came to Damascus. Not wanting to worsen relations with Timur, An-Nasir Faraj agreed to capture Qara Yusuf and Ahmad Jalayir and...

Barquq and Jalayirid sultan Ahmad Jalayir. The city was taken without resistance in 1394. In 1393, Timur renewed war with Ahmad. Near the end of August,...

Another illustrated manuscript that is most probably from the time of Ahmad Jalayir. It is an unfinished copy of a work in Persian entitled Basatin al-Uns...

Khwaja Mas'ud to govern Baghdad, but he was driven out when Ahmad Jalayir returned. Ahmad was unpopular but got help from Qara Yusuf of the Kara Koyunlu;...

("Tamerlane"), by marching there in only eight days from Shiraz. Sultan Ahmad Jalayir fled to Syria, where the Mamluk Sultan Barquq protected him and killed...

Shah placed Alinja under siege, catching Prince Tahir, son of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir inside. In 1388, George VII of Georgia broke through the siege, allowing...

1382 Bayazid and his brothers Ahmad and Shaikh Ali Jalayir plotted to overthrow their brother Shaikh Hussain Jalayir. Ahmad acted first, advancing from...