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Uways I
Jalāyirid ruler
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expansion of realm
- In Jalāyirid
His son Uways I (reigned 1356–74) enlarged Jalāyirid domains by seizing Azerbaijan (1360) and placing the Moẓaffarid principality of Fārs under his suzerainty (1361–64). The dynasty, however, was beset by the westward migrations and invasions of various Turkic and Mongol tribes. The khans of the Golden Horde,…
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history of Iraq
- In Iraq: Il-Khanid successors (1335–1410)
…prominent of the Jalāyirids, Sheikh Uways (1356–74), finally wrested control of Azerbaijan from the Süldüz Chūpānids in 1360, creating a polity based on Arabian Iraq and Azerbaijan. In addition to engaging in this and other military exploits, he fostered trade and commerce and won renown as a patron of poetry,…
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