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    Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza (Persian: سلطان حسین بایقرا Husayn Bāyqarā; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May...
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    bureaucrats from Khvaf, Majd al-Din dominated the government of Sultan Husayn Bayqara (r. 1469–1506) in 1472–1478 and 1487–1490. He was ultimately dismissed...
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    magistrate of Bayqara in Herat, Persian was used as a language of jurisprudence (fiqh) under the late Timurids. During the reign of sultan Husayn Bayqara, the...
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    faced similar threats from another descendant of Umar Shaikh, Sultan Husayn Bayqara. The latter had previously captured Gorgan from a Qara Qoyunlu chief...
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  • together with his brother Badi' al-Zaman Mirza. He was the son of Sultan Husayn Bayqara. Badi al-Zaman, his older brother, had revolted at least twice against...
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    the region of Samarqand until the Russian revolution 1917 [...] Ḥoseyn Bāyqarā encouraged the development of Persian literature and literary talent in...
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    Sultan Husayn Bayqara's reign saw a further rise in the arts. He was renowned as a benefactor and patron of learning in his kingdom. Sultan Husayn built...
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    Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (r. 1469–1506). He is principally known for his universal history, the...
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    the son of Husayn Bayqarah, who was a great-great-grandson of Timur. During the 1490s a conflict broke out between Badi' and his father. Husayn had transferred...
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  • Bahmani State, Trustee of the Religion of Muhammad", Abu Sa'id Mirza and Husayn Bayqara of the Timurid Empire, and Qaitbay of the Mamluk Sultanate. He also...
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