Husayn Bayqara

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Husayn Bayqara was a late 15th-century Timurid ruler of Herat renowned for presiding over a flourishing court of Persian literature, art, and scholarship.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Sultan Husayn Bayqara 0 1
Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Timurid ruler
monarch
patron of the arts
associatedWith Timurid miniature painting
surface form: Herat school of miniature painting

Timurid cultural revival
birthDate 1438
capital Herat
closeAssociate Ali-Shir Nava'i
courtCenterOf Musalla complex in Herat
surface form: Timurid Renaissance in Herat
deathDate 1506
deathPlace Herat
dynasty Timurid dynasty
employed Ali-Shir Nava'i
Jami
era late 15th century
father Abu Sa'id Mirza
surface form: Mansur Mirza
grandfather Baysunghur Mirza
greatGrandfather Shahrukh Mirza
surface form: Shah Rukh
greatGreatGrandfather Timur
house House of Timur
knownFor flourishing court of arts and letters in Herat
stability in Khorasan during late 15th century
support of Chagatai Turkic and Persian literature
languageOfCourt Persian
name Husayn Bayqara self-link
Husayn Bayqara self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara
notableCourt Herat literary circle
patronage Islamic scholarship
Persian literature
Persian miniature painting
Persian poetry
Sufi scholarship
historiography
patronOf Ali-Shir Nava'i
Jami
predecessor Abu Sa'id Mirza
realm Herat
Khorasan
regionRuled Khorasan
surface form: Afghanistan (historical region of Khorasan)

northeastern Iran
reignEnd 1506
reignStart 1469
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
successor Badi al-Zaman Mirza
Muzaffar Husayn Mirza
title Mirza
Sultan

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timurid dynasty hasNotableMember Husayn Bayqara
Husayn Bayqara name Husayn Bayqara self-link
Husayn Bayqara name Husayn Bayqara self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara
Abu Sa'id Mirza successor Husayn Bayqara
this entity surface form: Sultan Husayn Bayqara