{{Infobox royalty|name=Suleiman Khan|image=Mu'nis al-ahrar Frontipiece, 1341.jpg|caption=A possible contemporary depiction of [[Sati Beg]] (enthroned, left, with her husband or her son). ''[[The Free Man's Companion to the Niceties of Poems|Mu'nis al-ahrar]]'' frontipiece, [[Isfahan]], 1341.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shreve Simpson |first1=Marianna |title=Beyond the legacy of Genghis Khan |date=2006 |page=238, note 46 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden; Boston |isbn=978-9004150836 |url=https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/11137 |quote=Wright (1997), 45-46. Here Wright also cites a personal conversation with Stefano Carboni (September 1994) concerning the possibility that the Mu'nis al ahrar's enthroned couple might represent Sadi Beg, the sister of the Ilkhanid ruler Abu Sa'Id, with either her husband or her son. While agreeing with Wright that the woman may be the more important figure in this scene and perhaps even the manuscript's patron (because of her position to the right of the man), Carboni's own most recent view is only that the painting doubtless represents a Mongol royal couple, without venturing any specific identifications.}}</ref>|succession=[[Il-Khan]] <br> ''[[Chupanid]] puppet''|predecessor=[[Muhammad Khan (Ilkhan)|Muhammad]]|successor=[[Anushirwan]]|reign=May 1339 - 1343|coronation=|death_date=|spouse=[[Sati Beg]]|regnal name=|house=[[Borjigin]]|father=Yusufshah|birth_name=Ilyas|issue=|mother=}} '''Suleiman Khan''' ({{Langx|fa|ﺳﻠﻴﻤاﻥ ﺧﺎﻥ}}) was a [[Chobanids|Chobanid]] puppet for the throne of the [[Ilkhanate]] during the breakdown of central authority in [[Persia]].
== Life == His birth name was Ilyas and he was descended from the great-grandson of the Ilkhan [[Hülegü Khan|Hülegü's]] third son [[Yoshmut]]. Like Jalayirid puppet [[Jahan Temür]], his ancestors had fallen out of favor in Ilkhanate. Yoshmut lost a [[kurultai]] to [[Abaqa Khan|Abaqa]] in 1265<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hope|first=Michael|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198768593.001.0001|title=Power, politics, and tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of Iran|date=2016|isbn=978-0-19-108107-1|pages=114|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198768593.001.0001|language=en|oclc=959277759}}</ref> and died on 18 Jul 1271. Yoshmut's son and Ilyas' grandfather Sogai were executed for treason against [[Arghun]] in 1289.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lane|first=George|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXdZDwAAQBAJ|title=The Mongols in Iran: Qutb Al-Din Shirazi's Akhbar-i Moghulan|date=2018-05-03|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-38752-1|language=en}}</ref>
Ilyas was raised to the throne around May 1339 by the Chobanid [[Hasan Kucek]] and was given title Suleiman Khan.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Abū Bakr al-Qutbī al-Ahrǐ|title=Ta'rikh-i Shaikh Uwais (History of Shaikh Uwais); an important source for the history of Adharbaijan in the fourteenth century|date=1954|publisher=Mouton & Co.|location='S-Gravenhage|pages=68|language=en|oclc=83888707}}</ref> He then married [[Sati Beg]], who had previously been Hasan Kucek's puppet Ilkhan despite being very younger than her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/solayman-ilkhan|title=SOLAYMĀN – Encyclopaedia Iranica|website=www.iranicaonline.org|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref> Suleiman was present at the battle on the Jaghatu against the [[Jalayirids]] under [[Hasan Buzurg]] in June 1340; the Chobanids emerged victorious. Around 1341 the [[Sarbadars]], in an attempt to foster an alliance with the Chobanids, accepted Hasan Kucek as their suzerain, and also recognized Suleiman as Ilkhan. He lost a battle against [[Eretna]] near [[Sivas]] later.
[[File:Ilkhanids. Sulayman. AH 739-746 AD 1339-1346. Tabriz mint. Dated AH 741 (AD 1340-1).jpg|left|thumb|Gold coinage of Sulayman Khan. [[Tabriz]] mint. Dated AH 741 (1340-1 CE)]] In 1343 Hasan Kucek was murdered and a rivalry broke out for the succession between Sati Beg's son Surgan, [[Yagi Basti]] and [[Malek Ashraf]]. When Malek Ashraf defeated Surgan and accused Suleiman of murdering Hasan. Suleiman amassed a part of Hasan Kucek's treasury as well, which led to Surgan, Sati Beg and Suleiman concluding an alliance. Suleiman appealed to Hasan Buzurg to intervene, who escorted him to [[Tabriz]]. Malek Ashraf raised another puppet named [[Anushirwan]] as new Ilkhan and rode to Tabriz. Hasan Buzurg meanwhile withdrew his support from Suleiman. They fled to [[Diyarbakir]], where Hajji Taghay's nephew Ibrahimshah; where his coins representing Suleiman were struck until 1345.
== References == <references />
== Sources ==
*Charles Melville and 'Abbas Zaryab. "Chobanids." ''Encyclopedia Iranica''.
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