Pirbudag

Pirbudag
Sultan of Kara Koyunlu
Nominal sultan 1411 - 1418
Coronation 1411
Predecessor Qara Yusuf
Successor Qara Yusuf
Regent Qara Yusuf
Born 1403/1404
Damascus
Died October 1418(1418-10-00) (aged 14–15)
Tabriz
Dynasty Kara Koyunlu
Father Qara Yusuf
Religion Shiite

Pirbudag (1403/1404 – October 1418, r. 1411–October1414) was the first ruler of Kara Koyunlu as an independent sultanate.

Life

Pirbudag was the eldest son of Qara Yusuf, born around 1403 during his father's captivity, together with Ahmad Jalayir, in Damascus. In prison the two leaders renewed their friendship, making an agreement that Jalayir should keep Baghdad while Qara Yusuf would have Azerbaijan.[1]

Reign

After the death of Ahmad Jalayir, Pirbudag was crowned sultan by his father Qara Yusuf in 1411 at the age of eight or nine.[2]He is recorded to have been the commander of raiding party in Aintab pursuing Qara Osman. He died unexpectedly in October 1418.

References

  1. ↑ Sümer, Faruk. "KARAKOYUNLULAR - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi". islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  2. ↑ History of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani). A.A. Bakıxanov adına Tarix İnstitutu. Bakı: Elm. 2007–2008. p. 81. ISBN 9789952448368. OCLC 473170399.
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