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Abū Saʿīd Gūrakān
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Abū Saʿīd Gūrakān, Mīrzā Sulṭān Abū Saʿīd, son of Mīrzā Sulṭān Muḥammad, son of Mīrzā Mīrānshāh, who was the third son of Emir Tīmūr Gūrakān (r. 854–873/1450–1469), ruled over Transoxania and Khurāsān.

The works on the Tīmūrid period do not list the name …

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Zaryab, Abbas and Translated by Suheyl Umar, “Abū Saʿīd Gūrakān”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0133>
First published online: 2015



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