Abu Sa'id Mirza

Abu Sa'id Mirza
ابو سعید میرزا
Mirza
Sultan
Mughal illumination of Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
ReignSamarkand: 1451–8 February 1469
Herat: 1459–8 February 1469
Bornc. 1424
Herat, Timurid Empire (present-day Afghanistan)
Died8 February 1469(1469-02-08) (aged 44–45)
Burial
Cairo, Egypt (head only)
SpouseSee below
Issue
DynastyTimurid
FatherMuhammad Mirza
MotherShah Islam Agha

Abu Sa'id Mirza (Chagatay/Persian: ابو سعید میرزا; 1424 – 8 February 1469) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire during the mid-fifteenth century.

Born a minor prince of the Timurid dynasty, Abu Sa'id quickly established himself as the most prominent among his warring relations. Over the course of two decades, he reunified much of the Timurid Empire, which had become fractured in the aftermath of the death of his great-uncle Shah Rukh. However, Abu Sa'id's hopes of restoring the empire to its former extent at the time of Timur ultimately failed after he was killed during an invasion of what is now western Iran.

He was the paternal grandfather of Babur, who later founded the Mughal Empire of India.