Sultan Husayn Bayqara
| Sultan Husayn Bayqara | |||||
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Portrait of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara at the age of about 50 years. Copy from Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād's original about 1490 | |||||
| Amir of the Timurid Empire | |||||
| Reign | 24 March 1469 – 4 May 1506 | ||||
| Predecessor | Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza Abu Sa'id Mirza | ||||
| Successor | Badi' al-Zaman Mirza & Muzaffar Husayn Mirza | ||||
| Born | June 1438 Herat, present-day Afghanistan | ||||
| Died | 4 May 1506 (age 68) Baba Ilahi, Khurasan | ||||
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| Spouses | Bega Sultan Begum Chuli Begum Shahr Banu Begum Payanda Sultan Begum Khadija Begi Agha Zainab Sultan Begum Afak Begum Zobeida Sultan Aghacha Baba Aghacha Latifa Sultan Aghacha Mangeli Bi Aghacha Begi Sultan Aghacha | ||||
| Issue | Badi' al-Zaman Mirza Muzaffar Husayn Mirza Shah Gharīb Mirza Abul Hassan Mirza Muhammad Muhsin Mirza Abu Tarab Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mirza Feridun Husayn Mirza Haider Mirza Muhammad Maasum Mirza Farrukh Husayn Mirza Ibrahim Husayn Mirza Ibn Husayn Mirza Muhammad Qasim Mirza Sultanim Begum Ak Begum Kechek Begum Bega Begum Agha Begum Fatima Sultan Begum Nizhad Sultan Begum Sa'adat Bakht Begum Aisha Sultan Begum Maryam Sultan Begum Munawar Sultan Begum | ||||
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| House | Timurid | ||||
| Dynasty | Timurid dynasty | ||||
| Father | Mansur Mirza | ||||
| Mother | Firuza Sultan Begum | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza (Persian: سلطان حسین بایقرا Husayn Bāyqarā; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470.
A skilled statesman, Sultan Husayn Bayqara was best known for his interest in the arts and was renowned as a benefactor and patron of learning in his kingdom, with his reign being heralded as the second Timurid Renaissance. He has been described as "the quintessential Timurid ruler of the later period in Transoxiana" and his sophisticated court and generous artistic patronage was a source of admiration, particularly from his cousin, the Mughal emperor Babur. Sultan Husayn Bayqara was the last Timurid ruler of consequence in Khorasan.