# Shaikh Mahmoud

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**Shaikh Mahmoud** (d. around 1327) was a member of the [Chupanid](/source/Chupanids) family who lived in the [Ilkhanate](/source/Ilkhanate). He was the fourth son of Mongol emir and general [Chupan](/source/Chupan).

During Chupan's lifetime, Mahmoud was made governor of [Armenia](/source/Armenia) and [Georgia](/source/Kingdom_of_Georgia).[1] Upon the fall of his father in 1327 by the [Ilkhan](/source/Ilkhan) [Abu Sa'id](/source/Abu_Sa'id_(Ilkhanid_dynasty)), he was brought to [Tabriz](/source/Tabriz) and executed.[1]

Shaikh Mahmud had four sons; of these, [Pir Hosayn](/source/Pir_Hosayn) would play an influential role in the strife amongst the Chupanids in the 1340s.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMelvilleZaryāb1991496–502_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMelvilleZaryāb1991496–502_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMelvilleZaryāb1991496–502_1-2) [Melville & Zaryāb 1991](#CITEREFMelvilleZaryāb1991), pp. 496–502.

## Sources

- Melville, Charles; Zaryāb, ʿAbbās (1991). "CHOBANIDS". [*Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. V, Fasc. 5*](http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/chobanids-chupanids-pers). pp. 496–502.

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