About Sultan 'Ali Mirza Karkiya
Lived 1450 – 1550 (aged 99–100). Sultan 'Ali Mirza Karkiya was a ruler.
Soltan-Ali Mirza was the ruler of the Kar-Kiya dynasty from 1478 to 1504/05. Under him, the dynasty reached its apex of power, to such a degree that he fought against the Aq Qoyunlu over the rulership of Qazvin.
Due to several fruitless and taxing expeditions in Bia-pas (western Gilan), he was overthrown by his brother Soltan-Hasan in 1504/5. In 1506, during Soltan-Ali Mirza's attempt to regain the throne, but he and Soltan-Hasan were killed. The throne was shortly taken by Soltan-Hasan's son Soltan-Ahmad, who had previously resided at the court of the Safavid ruler Ismail I.
The cultural prosperity during Soltan-Ali Mirza's ruled is demonstrated by the production of the "Big Head Shahnama" in 1493/94.
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Who was Sultan 'Ali Mirza Karkiya?
ruler of the Kar-Kiya dynasty
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Sultan 'Ali Mirza Karkiya was born in 1450.
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Sultan 'Ali Mirza Karkiya died in 1550.
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Sultan 'Ali Mirza Karkiya was a ruler.
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