Shah-Kaykhusraw

King of Mazandaran
Shah-Kaykhusraw
King of Mazandaran
Reign1310–1328
PredecessorShahriyar V
SuccessorSharaf al-Muluk
Died1328
IssueSharaf al-Muluk
Hasan II
DynastyBavand dynasty
FatherShahriyar V

Shah-Kaykhusraw (Persian: شاه کیخسرو) was the ruler of the Bavand dynasty from 1310 to 1328. He was the brother and successor of Shahriyar V.

Reign

Shahriyar V died in 1310, leaving his kingdom to a weakened condition, which quickly fell into war of succession between Shah-Kaykhusraw, and his brother Shams al-Muluk Muhammad. Shah-Kaykhusraw, with the support of the Ilkhanid Kutlushah, invaded Mazandaran and forced Shams al-Muluk to flee. However, he later returned to Mazandaran, but was killed by Shah-Kaykhusraw, who then crowned himself as the ispahbadh of the Bavand kingdom.

Shah-Kaykhusraw later became involved in a conflict with Kutlushah, and was forced to leave Amol with his family and to take refugee in the domains of his brother-in-law, the Baduspanid king, Nasir al-Din Shahriyar, who later tried to help Shah-Kaykhusraw defeat Kutlushah, and seems to have had some successes in his effort, but was defeated. Shah-Kaykhusraw remained a refugee until Talish Chubani became the governor of Khorasan, in 1317, when Shah-Kaykhusraw restored Bavand authority in Mazandaran. Shah-Kaykhusraw died in 1328, and was succeeded by his son, Sharaf al-Muluk.

Sources

  • Madelung, W. (1984). "ĀL-E BĀVAND (BAVANDIDS)". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 7. London u.a.: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 747–753. ISBN 90-04-08114-3.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Bavandid ruler
1310–1328
Succeeded by
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Kayusiyya branch (651–1074)
Ispahbadhiyya branch (1074–1210)
Kinkhwariyya branch (1238–1349)
  • Ardashir II (1238–1249)
  • Muhammad (1249–1271)
  • Ali II (1271)
  • Yazdagird (1271–1300)
  • Shahriyar V (1300–1310)
  • Shah-Kaykhusraw (1310–1328)
  • Sharaf al-Muluk (1328–1334)
  • Hasan II (1334–1349)