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There are some thoughts that the confusion regarding Bayqara's death were a result of Shah Rukh's reluctance to receive blame for it from his wife, the prince's mother Malikat Agha, who had already lost two of her sons by that point. There are also suggestions of intrigue against Bayqara and his
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In preparation for his stepfather's inevitable retaliation, the prince quickly organised paramilitary forces as well as an armed cavalry of five thousand. When the emperor's army arrived outside Shiraz, the inhabitants lost confidence and asked Bayqara to surrender in order to save the city from
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in the spring of 1415. Taking advantage of the disturbance caused by this, Bayqara was persuaded by Iskandar to declare independence. The latter was soon apprehended and executed by Rustam, though Bayqara himself continued in his campaign. His forces, burgeoned by nobles who had been loyal to
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destruction, to which he relented in December 1415. Shah Rukh withdrew his forces, though several nobles loyal to his stepsons were executed. Bayqara himself was spared, though only through the intercession of his cousin and friend
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When Timur died in 1405, Bayqara and his brothers were duty-bound to support their stepfather's bid for the throne in the ensuing dynastic struggle. However, within a few years of the latter's victory, Bayqara's brother
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There is uncertainty regarding the events of the remainder of Bayqara's life. One version states that he joined Qaidu in starting another rebellion, while another narrates that he had rebelled
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as "the noblest, fairest, and bravest of Timur’s descendants", Bayqara Mirza is best known for his rebellions against his uncle/stepfather
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in 1422. After being questioned about his identity, the man was executed, despite uncertainty about whether he really was the prince.
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said that the prince went voluntarily to Shah Rukh's camp in 1416, from where he was dispatched to his cousin
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Bayqara Mirza himself launched two unsuccessful rebellions against Shah Rukh, the first being in
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in 1412. Shah Rukh led an expedition against his stepson, with Bayqara and another brother,
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Qaidu. Both accounts conclude with Bayqara being captured by the emperor and being sent to
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in 1414. The second was instigated when Sa'd-i Waqqas, son of Bayqara's late cousin
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Adil Sultan Agha Qaraunas: a widow of his elder brother
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Index

Timurid Prince
Issue
See below
Dynasty
House of Timur
Umar Shaikh Mirza I
Malikat Agha
Islam
Timurid prince
Central Asian
Timur
Umar Shaikh Mirza I
Dawlatshah
Shah Rukh
Sultan Husayn Bayqara
Herat
Umar Shaikh Mirza I
Mongol
Malikat Agha
Timur
Khan
Moghulistan
Khizr Khoja
Shah Rukh
Iskandar Mirza
Sultan
Isfahan
Rustam
Hamadan
Nahavand

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