Rustam Beg

Rustam Beg
Padishah
Coin of Sultan Rustam
Sultan of the Aq Qoyunlu
Reign1492–1497
PredecessorBaysunghur
SuccessorAhmad Beg
Died1497 (1498)
DynastyAq Qoyunlu
FatherMaqsud
MotherShah Khatun
ReligionSunni Islam
The Darb-e Kooshk Gate in Isfahan, originally built during the reign of Rustam Beg

Rustam Beg Bayandur (Persian: رستم بیگ بایندر) was an Aq Qoyunlu prince who ruled as sultan from 1492 to 1497 during the dynastic struggle that followed the death of Ya'qub Beg (r. 1478–1490).[1] He was the son of Maqsud and Shah Khatun, a daughter of Dana Khalil Bayandur.[2] Through Maqsud, he was a grandson of Uzun Hasan.[3] He was enthroned in Tabriz at the end of May 1492 with the support of his maternal uncle Ayba-Sultan.[4] He was deposed by his cousin Ahmad Beg in 1497 and executed several months later after a failed attempt to recover the throne.[5]

The Darb-e Kooshk Gate in Isfahan dates to Rustam's reign. Its inscription, dated 902 AH (1496–97), names Rustam as the ruling sovereign.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Woods 1999, pp. 154–158.
  2. ↑ Woods 1999, pp. 208, 211.
  3. ↑ Bosworth 1996, p. 274.
  4. ↑ Woods 1999, pp. 154–155, 208.
  5. ↑ Woods 1999, p. 158.
  6. ↑ Golombek, Lisa; Wilber, Donald Newton (1988). The Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan. Vol. 1. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-691-03587-1.

Sources