Malek Ashraf

Malek Ashraf
Sultan of Chupanids
Reign1343 – 1357
PredecessorHasan Kuchak
SuccessorShaykh Uways Jalayir
Bayram Khwaja as Qara Qoyunlu
Died1357
Tabriz, Qara Qoyunlu
Noble familyChobanids
HeirTemürtas
FatherTimurtash
MotherDaulat Khatun

Malek Ashraf (Persian: ملک اشرف), (fl. 1341–1357) was a Chupanid ruler of northwestern Iran during the 14th century. He was the last of the Chupanids to possess a significant influence within Ilkhanate. His regnal name was Giyas al-Din Shah Malek Ashraf (Persian: غیاث الدین شاه ملكك شرف, romanizedGhiyāth al-Dīn Shāh Malik Ashraf).[1]

  1. ^ Akopyan, Alexander; Mosanef, Farbod (2015-01-01). "Between Jujids and Jalayirids: the coinage of the Chopanids, Akhijuq and their contemporaries, 754–759/1353–1358". Der Islam. 92. doi:10.1515/islam-2015-0008.