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Shah Rukh ({{lang-fa|شاهرخ }} Šāhrokh)^[3] (20 August 1377 – 13 March 1447) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447. He was the son of the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), who founded the Timurid dynasty in 1370. He ruled only over the eastern portion of the empire established by his father, comprising most of Persia and Transoxiana, the western territories having been lost to invaders in the aftermath of Timur’s death. In spite of this, Shah Rukh’s empire remained a cohesive dominion of considerable extent throughout his reign, as well as a dominant power in Asia.

Shah Rukh controlled the main trade routes between Asia and Europe, including the legendary Silk Road, and became immensely wealthy as a result. He chose to have his capital not in Samarqand as his father had done, but in Herat. This was to become the political centre of the Timurid empire, and residence of his principal successors, though both cities benefited from the wealth and privilege of Shah Rukh's court.

Shah Rukh was a great patron of the arts and sciences, which flourished under his rule. He spent his reign focusing on the stability of his lands, as well as maintaining political and economic relations with neighbouring kingdoms. Historians Thomas W. Lentz and Glenn D. Lowry state that "unlike his father, Shahrukh ruled the Timurid empire, not as a Turco-Mongol warlord-conqueror, but as an Islamic sultan. In dynastic chronicles he is exalted as a man of great piety, diplomacy, and modesty — a model Islamic ruler who repaired much of the physical and psychological damage caused by his father."^[4]

Early life

Shah Rukh was born on August 20, 1377, the youngest of Timur’s four sons. In Persian, the literal meaning of his name is "face of a king"; it is also the Persian name for the chess move "castling". According to Ibn ‘Arabshāh, Timur, who was a talented chess player, was involved in a match when he received the news of Shah Rukh's birth, using this chess move as a name for the newborn child.^[5]^[6]

Some sources suggest that his mother was the Empress Saray Mulk Khanum, formerly a Chaghatai princess and Timur’s chief consort; she had been captured by Timur from the harem of Amir Husayn Qara'unas several years prior to Shah Rukh’s birth. However, it was stated by the 15th century historian Khwandamir that Shah Rukh’s mother was a certain Taghay Tarkhan Agha of the Qara Khitai,^[7] a Tajik concubine of Timur’s. Khwandamir used a genealogical record written during Shah Rukh’s reign as his source for this assertion.^[8] Regardless of his maternal origins, the prince was personally raised by Saray Mulk, alongside Timur’s grandson Khalil Sultan.^[9]

Reign of Timur

Timur appears to not have had particularly close relations with Shah Rukh, despite the latter never having incurred his displeasure. In 1397, Shah Rukh was appointed governor of Khorasan by his father, with his viceregal capital being Herat. Although this was a significant region, this was also the same post that had been awarded to Shah Rukh’s brother Miran Shah, when the latter had been thirteen years old. Shah Rukh was never promoted beyond this position during his father’s lifetime. Further to this, during Timur’s campaign to China, Shah Rukh’s young sons took pride of place in the procession, while he himself was passed over.^[10]

Historical sources give no explanation for their relationship, though there is some evidence which suggests that it was Shah Rukh's ancestry which had affected Timur’s lack of favour, being the son of a concubine as opposed to a freeborn wife.^[11] Alternatively, there have been suggestions that Timur believed Shah Rukh did not possess the personal qualities required for ruling; the prince by this point had acquired a reputation for excessive modesty as well as personal piety.^[12] It may have been this Islamic adherence and subsequent rejection of the laws of Genghis Khan, which had always been so strongly revered by Timur, that had resulted in the alienation of Shah Rukh from his father.^[13]

Shah Rukh, alongside most of the royal family, accompanied Timur west in his campaign against the Ottoman Empire, which culminated in the Battle of Ankara in 1402. Shah Rukh commanded the left-wing of the army, Miran Shah the right and Timur himself in the centre. The vanguard was headed by two of Shah Rukh’s nephews. The battle resulted in a Timurid victory, as well as the capture and subjugation of the Ottoman Sultan, Bayezid I.^[14]

War of succession

Timur died in 1405, whilst leading his army east in a campaign against the Ming Dynasty. He was reported to have said on his deathbed that he "had no other desire than to see the Mirza Shah Rukh once more" and had lamented the fact that he did not have time to do so.^[15]

Timur had never unambiguously appointed an heir; as a result, a succession dispute erupted among his surviving sons and grandsons.^[16] Khalil Sultan proclaimed himself emperor at Tashkent soon after his grandfather's death and seized the royal treasury, as well as Timur's imperial capital, Samarqand.^[17] Shah Rukh marched his army out of Herat to the Oxus river but made no offensive move against his nephew at this point. This was likely due to Miran Shah, Khalil Sultan’s father, who posed a serious threat as he, along with his other son Abu Bakr, had led an army out of Azerbaijan in support of the younger prince. They were both forced to withdraw prior to joining with Khalil Sultan however, due to invasions to their rear by the Jalayirids and the Qara Qoyunlu, who took advantage of the death of the old emperor to seize territory. Miran Shah was killed in battle in 1408 whilst attempting to repel the invaders, with Abu Bakr dying similarly the following year.^[18]^[19]

In the years following Timur’s death, Shah Rukh and Khalil Sultan had a series of unproductive negotiations as well as many military encounters, with Khalil Sultan frequently emerging victorious.^[20] During this time, other pretenders also pursued their own claims to the throne. Among these was Sultan Husayn Tayichiud, a maternal grandson of Timur who later aligned himself with Khalil Sultan, before betraying him in order to reassert his own claim. Sultan Husayn was defeated by his former ally and fled to Shah Rukh, who had him executed, with his body parts being displayed in the bazars of Herat.^[21] Two more of Timur’s grandsons, Iskandar and Pir Muhammad also made bids for the throne. They were defeated by Shah Rukh and Khalil Sultan respectively, with each being spared by their subjugator. Pir Muhammad was later assassinated by one of his nobles in 1407, while Iskandar was executed in 1415 following a failed rebellion.^[22]^[23]

It wasn't until 1409 that the war started to turn in Shah Rukh's favour. During this time, Khalil Sultan began to lose support among his amirs in Samarqand. His wife, Shadi Mulk (who he had married in a great scandal several years earlier)^[24] had been given a large amount of authority in court. Under her influence, low-ranking individuals were given high positions in lieu of Timur's old nobles. Additionally, several of the old emperor's widows and concubines were remarried (somewhat forcefully) to men of undistinguished backgrounds.^[25]

Following a famine which further spread discontent among the populous, Khalil Sultan was taken captive by the powerful Amir Khudaidad Hussain, leader of the Dughlat tribe and a former mentor of the prince. Hussain took Khalil Sultan to Ferghana and had him proclaimed ruler in Andijan. Samarqand, having been left abandoned by the prince, was taken unopposed by Shah Rukh. When Shadi Mulk was later captured by Shah Rukh, Khalil Sultan was forced to go to his uncle in Samarqand and submit to him. The prince had his wife returned to him and was appointed governor of Rayy, but died in 1411, with Shadi Mulk committing suicide soon after.^[26]

Following the deaths of Khalil Sultan, Sultan Husayn and Pir Muhammad, Shah Rukh had no immediate Timurid rivals to contest his rule and he began his reign as Timur’s successor. However, rather than ruling from Samarqand as his father had done, Shah Rukh held court in Herat, which had formerly been his viceregal capital. Samarqand was instead bestowed on his eldest son Ulugh Beg, who was appointed governor of Transoxiana.^[27]

Military campaigns

War with the Qara Qoyunlu

The new emperor began his reign by launching expeditions against regions which had begun to break away during the war of succession. Fars, which was held by Shah Rukh’s nephew Bayqara was taken in 1414. Two years later Kirman, which had been ruled as an independent kingdom by Sultan Uwais Barlas since 1408 was also subdued. The area under Shah Rukh's rule continued to be extended and consolidated over the following years, either through voluntary subjugation by minor rulers or through alliances. By 1420, the eastern portion of Timur’s empire, as well as central and southern Persia had been brought under Shah Rukh’s rule.^[28]

However, despite Shah Rukh’s successes, the western portion of the empire, including Azerbaijan and Mesopotamia remained out of his control. These were held by Qara Yusuf of the Qara Qoyunlu (Black Sheep Turkoman), who had defeated and killed Shah Rukh’s brother Miran Shah several years previously. With the conquests of several prominent cities such as Baghdad, Qazvin and Diyarbakır, the Qara Qoyunlu established themselves as dangerous neighbours to the Timurids.^[29]

This threat was one which remained unresolved for decades. Shah Rukh made many attempts to pacify his western border, both through political and military means (having launched three campaigns against Azerbaijan), none of which proved entirely successful.

Qara Yusuf died during the first of the campaigns in November 1420, which ended in the Timurid capture of Azerbaijan and Armenia. However, less than a year later Shah Rukh was forced to face off a rebellion by the late Turkoman prince’s sons.^[30]

One of these sons, Qara Iskander, continued his attempts to reassert Turkoman authority over the following years, necessitating the second campaign in 1429. This too resulted in a Timurid victory and the installation of a Qara Qoyunlu prince, Abu Said as a puppet ruler. However, Qara Iskander reoccupied the city of Tabriz two years later and had Abu Said executed.^[31]

This action prompted the third and final campaign in 1434, in which Qara Iskander was once more forced to flee. He was later assassinated by his son Qubad in the fortress of Alinja. Although this campaign did not result in a final resolution of the Turkoman issue, it did achieve stability in the region for the remainder of Shah Rukh’s reign with the installation of Qara Iskander’s brother, Jahan Shah as the Turkoman ruler.^[32]^[33]

Conflict with Hurufis

The Hurufis were a Sufi sect who based their doctrine on the mysticism of letters.^[34] In the late 14th century, the group was accused of heresy by traditional Islamic scholars.^[35] As a result, in 1394 the founder of the movement, Fazlallah Astarabadi, was arrested and executed on Timur's orders by his son Miran Shah.^[36] The death of their leader led Astarabadi's followers to have a specific hatred against the Timurids.^[37]

While exiting a mosque in 1426, Shah Rukh became the victim of an assassination attempt. The attacker, Ahmed Lur, approached the emperor under the pretence of presenting a petition, before stabbing him in the stomach. Lur however, failed to give a fatal blow and was quickly killed by Shah Rukh’s servant.^[38] Shah Rukh recovered within a few days and an investigation was launched, which linked Lur to the Hurufis as well as to the family of Astarabadi.^[39]

There was an immediate backlash against the sect, which resulted in the execution of Astarabadi’s grandson, Azud. High ranking members of the group were subject to extensive interrogations. These eventually extended beyond the sect, with many intellectuals residing in Herat having to defend themselves against accusations of blasphemy. These included the Persian historian Sharaf-ud-din Ali Yazdi, author of the Zafarnama, and his teacher Sain-ud-din Turka. The prominent poet and Sufi, Qasem-e Anvar was expelled from the capital on Shah Rukh’s orders. These accusations even went beyond Shah Rukh’s court in Herat, with Ma’ruf-i Khattat, a prominent calligrapher under the patronage of Prince Baysonqor, also being arrested and interrogated.^[40]

The extent to which the Hurufis were involved in the assassination attempt has not yet been clearly established. However, the subsequent purges served to worsen the already strained relations between the Timurid court and the intellectuals of the empire.^[41]

Rebellions

In the early part of his reign, in what was likely an attempt to stave off rebellion amongst his relations, Shah Rukh regularly made transfers between the governorships they held. For example, Khalil Sultan was moved from Samarqand to Rayy, Umar Mirza from Azerbaijan to Astrabad, Iskandar Mirza from Ferghana to Hamadan to Shiraz etc.^[42]

These attempts did not prove to be entirely successful, as Shah Rukh had to repeatedly suppress rebellions by his various family members. Iskandar Mirza, after encouraging his brother to revolt in 1413, himself rebelled and devastated the cities of Isfahan and Kerman. Bayqara, after his initial defeat in Fars, rebelled once more soon after in Shiraz. These insurrections even continued into Shah Rukh’s old age. In 1446, at nearly seventy years old he had to march against his grandson, Sultan Muhammad, who had revolted in the empire’s western provinces.^[43]

Administration

Shah Rukh’s reign saw a marked improvement in economic standards and cultural achievements in many areas of the empire. Although this may partly be accredited to Shah Rukh’s more diplomatic character in contrast to the ruthlessness of Timur, evidence does not assign Shah Rukh with superior skill as a statesman. It is instead believed that other influences on his government led to the relative success of his rule. These include his empress, Goharshad, who along with her sons and some state officials, maintained orderly continuity of state affairs. Some of the highest state officials appear to have been unusually talented individuals, who were able to endure in their positions for several decades. These include Jalal-ud-din Firuz Shah, who was supreme commander of the army for thirty-five years, Ghiyas-ud-din Pir Ali Khwafi, supreme secretary for thirty-one years and Amir Alika Kokultash, head of state finance for forty-three years.^[44]

Shah Rukh distanced himself from Timur by updating his policies, with less importance being placed on Mongol concepts of authority. He abandoned the institution of a figurehead Khan and replaced the Mongol tribunals with Sharia courts. Like his father, Shah Rukh was married to a Mongol princess; Malikat Agha, daughter of Khizr Khoja and widow of his brother Umar Shaikh Mirza I. He did not however, claim the title of Guregen (Imperial son-in-law) which had been enjoyed by Timur. He similarly did not employ Timur’s title of Amir,^[45] instead adopting the Islamic and Persian titles of Sultan and Padshah.^[46]

Cultural influence

Shah Rukh's wife, Goharshad Begum, funded the construction of two mosques and theological colleges in Mashhad and Herat. The Goharshad Mosque was finished in 1418. The mixed ethnic origins of the ruling dynasty led to a distinctive character in its cultural outlook, which was a combination of Persian civilization and art, with borrowings from China, and literature written in Persian as well as Chagatay and Arabic.

Shah Rukh commissioned the production of a number of historical and geographic works by Hafiz-i Abru. Among them is Tāriḵ-e Šāhroḵ(i), the history of Shah Rukh's reign through 816 AH (1413-14 CE). It was later incorporated by its author into larger "universal history" compilations, Majmuʿa-ye Ḥāfeẓ-e Abru (a universal history work) and Majmaʿ al-tawāriḵ [al-solṭāni(ya)] (section Zobdat al-tawāriḵ-e Bāysonḡori).^[47]

Foreign relations

During Shah Rukh's rule, relations between the Timurid state and Ming China under the rule of the Yongle Emperor and his descendants were normalised.^[48] This was contrasted by the preceding era of Timur and the Hongwu Emperor (the first emperor of Ming China) who almost started a war with each other (which was averted only due to the death of Timur). Chinese embassies, led by Chen Cheng, visited Samarqand and Herat several times in 1414-1420,^[49]^[50] while a large embassy sent by Shah Rukh (and immortalized by its diarist, Ghiyāth-ud-dīn Naqqāsh) travelled to Beijing in 1419-1422 and were hosted with lavish banquets and the exchange of gifts.^[51]^[52]^[53]

Through his promotion of commercial and political relations with neighbouring kingdoms, Shah Rukh also maintained contact with several other contemporary rulers. Monarchs of the Aq Qoyunlu, India, Hurmuz and (in the early part of his reign) the Ottoman Empire made homage to him. Successive Sultans of Delhi, starting with Khizr Khan exchanged embassies with the Timurid court and swore their loyalty to the emperor. Relations with the Mamluks of Egypt however, were increasingly tense due to Shah Rukh’s attempts to assert dominance. They eventually normalised on the ascension of Sultan Jaqmaq, under whom the two rulers were amicable, but equal.^[54]

Death and succession

Soon after suppressing his grandson Sultan Muhammad's revolt, Shah Rukh, by this point weakened by ill-health, died in his winter quarters in Rayy in March 1447.^[55] After initially being buried in the Goharshad Mausoleum in Herat, his body was reinterred with Timur’s in the Gur-e-Amir in Samarqand.^[56]

As with Timur, a succession struggle erupted on Shah Rukh’s death among his descendants, chiefly between his last surviving son Ulugh Beg and his grandson Ala-ud Dawla, in which the former emerged victorious. However, Ulugh Beg was murdered by his son in 1449, and following the subsequent civil wars, control of the Timurid Empire passed from Shah Rukh’s descendants.^[57]^[58]

Personal life

Facial reconstruction

Soviet anthropologist Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov reconstructed the facial features of Timur, his son Shah Rukh and grandson Ulugh Beg. Relative to the others, Timur appears to have been phenotypically East Asian, while Shah Rukh, the son of a Tajik woman, had more Europoid features. Shah Rukh appeared more similar to brachycephalic Europoids.^[61]^[62] Shah Rukh's son Ulugh Beg however, had predominantly Mongloid features, and no obvious Caucasoid influence.

See also

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