Journal of History and Culture

Journal of History and Culture

The Relations between the Viziers and Emirs during the Timurid Period (A Case Study of the Relation of Qiyāth al-Dīn Pīr Aḥmad Khwāfī to the Timurid Emirs and Viziers)

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Maryam Awra‘ī Qadīrī
‘Abd al-Raḥīm Qanawāt
Jawād ‘Abbāsī
10.22067/history.v0i0.22944
Abstract
In the Timurid period, the emirs were mostly Turkish-Mongol and the viziers were Iranian. The non-distinction between the civil and military affairs and the power and authority of the emirs and the attempts of the Iranian bureaucrats in maintaining their own
interests, had prepared the ground for the permanent conflict and competition between them. The long vizierate period of Khawja Qiyāth al-Dīn Pīr Aḥmad Khwāfī (d. 858/1454), one of the famous viziers of Shāhrukh Timurid, who was able to maintain his position against the emirs, is of high importance in the Timurid history. In this article, the relations between the institution of vizierate and emirate is studied, with an emphasis on the vizierate of Khawja Qiyāth al-Dīn Pīr Aḥmad,
Keywords
vizierate
emirate
Timurid emirs
Pīr Aḥmad Khwāfī
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Journal of History and Culture
Volume 44, Issue 2 - Serial Number 89
Autumn & Winter 2012-2013
February 2013

  • Receive Date 19 June 2013