Sultan Ahmed Mirza

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Sultan Ahmad
Mirza, Padshah Sultan of Samarqand and Bukhara
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
Reign	1469–1494
Predecessor	Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza
Successor	Sultan Mahmud Mirza
Born	1451 (1451) Samarkand
Died	1494 (aged 42–43)
Spouse	Mihr Nigar Khanum Tarkhan Begum Qataq Begum Khanzada Begum Tirmizi Latif Begum Habiba Sultan Begum Arghun
Issue	Rabia Sultan Begum Salika Sultan Begum Aisha Sultan Begum Sultanum Begum Masuma Sultan Begum
Names Sultan Ahmad Mirza
Dynasty	Timurid
Father	Abu Sa'id Mirza
Mother	Malika Sultan Begum

Sultan Ahmed Mirza (Persian: سلطان احمد مرزا) was the eldest son of Abu Sa'id Mirza^[1] on whose death he became the Timurid ruler of Samarkand and Bukhara from 1469 until 1494. During his rule, he successfully repelled at least one invasion attempt by the Kara Koyunlu, and failed in an attempt to conquer Khurasan from its ruler Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara. He was embroiled in the Timurid Civil Wars with his brothers Umar Shaikh Mirza II and Sultan Mahmud Mirza. He died while returning from his Ferghana expedition against Babur, the twelve-year-old son and successor of Umar Shaikh Mirza II. As he had no male heir, he was succeeded by his brother, Sultan Mahmud Mirza.