Anushirwan

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Anushirwan Khan (Persian: انوشیرواب خان , Anūshīrvān Khān) occupied the Ilkhanid throne from 1344 until his death in 1357. He was a puppet of the Chobanid ruler Malek Ashraf and possessed no power of his own.

Anushirwan's origins are obscure. One account suggests that Malek Ashraf's wardrobe keeper, a certain Nushirvan, was raised to the throne and given the name Anushirvan, after the famous Sassanid king Khosrau I. The Chobanids struck coins in his name until 1357.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Ömer Diler, Ilkhans: Coinage of the Persian Mongols (Istanbul 2006), pp. 539-40.

Preceded by Suleiman Khan

Ilkhan (Chobanid candidate) 1344–1357

Succeeded by Ghazan II