Shah Mansur

Shah Mansur (ruled 1391-1393) was the last of the Muzaffarid rulers of Southern Iran. He ruled from Isfahan and was killed by the forces of Timur in 29 March 1393.

Life Mansur was the brother of Shah Yahya and Shah Hosein. His uncle was Shah Shoja, with whom he fought against in battle.

First Timurid offensive (1387) In 1387, Timur attacked Isfahan in the Siege of Isfahan (1387). The governor, Muzaffar-i Kashi, gave the keys to the city. When the city revolted against Timurid taxes, Timur ordered a slaughter of the population. The Muzaffarid ruler Zain al-Abidin fled to his capital Shiraz, with the intent of reaching Baghdad. On the way, he was imprisoned by his brother Shah Mansur.

Timur easily captured Shiraz. Shah Mansur then submitted to Timur, and Timur installed in Shiraz Nusrat al-DIn Shah Yahya, a nephew of Shah Shoja. Timur left for Tansoxonia, to face an incursion by Tokhtamish.

With support from the Jalayirid Sultanate, Mansur established himself as an independent ruler in Shushtar. Numerous men of letters and artists from Fars and Irak also resettled in Samarkand.

A miniature from the Timurid Zafarnama (Zafarnama (1435-36, Shiraz)) showed Shah-Rukh vanquishing the Muzaffarid ruler Shah Mansur Muzaffar in 1393 (miniature nb 10, folio 236b), but this miniature has been lost, without a remaining image. The event appears however in the later Mughal account of the Timurid campaigns Tarikh e Khandan e Timuriyah.