Musa Khan (Persian: موسى خان) was an Ilkhan for 4 months.
Reign
He was a grandson of Baydu. After securing Shaykh Hasan's neutrality, Musa's patron Ali Padshah went on to battle Arpa Ke'un on Jaghatu plains near Maragha on 29 April 1336. Arpa's army were led by 60 emirs, notably Hajji Taghay (son of Sutai, Governor of Diyar Bakr, from Oirats), Uyghur commander Ögrünch, Torut (a son of Nari and relative of Narin Taghay), Ortuq-Shah (son of Alghu) and Chupan's son Sorgan Sira. However, soon some emirs, such as Mahmud b. Essen Qutlugh and Sultanshah Nikruz, defected to the side of Ali Padshah. Battle was a defeat for Arpa and soon after he was captured in Sultaniya and killed.[1]
Musa Khan 2 Dirhams coin; Tabriz mint
Subsequently, Musa was enthroned as the new Ilkhan, in fact as a puppet of Ali Padshah. Supporters of Arpa Ke'un, namely Hajji Taghai meanwhile went to JalayiridHasan Buzurg, who in turn raised another Borjigid prince, Pir Husain as an Ilkhan on 20 July 1336. Chupanid Sorgan Sira again changed sides and joined Jalayirids at the battle of Qara Darra near Van. A Georgian contingent under Amirgambar I Panaskerteli, Duke of Tao also joined the battle on the Jalayirid side.[2] Despite Ali Padshah's contingents defeating Hajji Taghay and Ögrünch defeating Surghan, Musa was standing on center and badly defeated. As a consequence, battle was lost and Ali Padshah captured and executed while Musa was forced to flee on July 24, 1336.[3]
Despite losing his patron, Musa did not relinquish his claim to Ilkhanate and retreated to Baghdad, later joining forces with Togha Temür in June 1337 and occupying Soltaniyeh. However, he was soon captured by Emir Qara Hasan and killed on 10 July 1337.[4]
^Jojua, Teimuraz (2015). "ეფრემ მცირის ჰომილეტიკური კრებულის (S-1276ა) 1370-1390-იანი წლების მინაწერის ცნობები მონღოლ სარდლებს – ულუსის ამირა შეიხ ჰასან ბოზორგსა და ამირა ალი ფადიშაჰს შორის 1336 წელს გამართულ ყარა დარას ბრძოლაში ტაოს ერისთავის, ამირღამბარ I ფანასკერტელის ვასალის, ტაოელი ფეოდალის, ბოცო წმედისძის, მონაწილეობის შესახებ" [Information about the Involvement of Botso Tzmedisdze, the Feudal Lord of Tao, the Vassal of Amirghambar I Panaskerteli, Prince of Tao, in the Kara-Dara Battle between the Mongol Generals Amir of Ulus Sheikh Hasan Bozorg and Amir Ali Padishah in 1336, according to an Inscription dated to 1370-1390 in Ephrem Mtsire’s Homiletical Compendium S-1276a]. საისტორიო კრებული [Collection of Historical Studies] (in Georgian). 5: 216–285.
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