Baysonqor
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Ghiyath ud-din Baysunghur ( غیاثالدین بایسنقر) commonly known as Baysonqor or Baysongor, Baysonghor or (incorrectly) as Baysunqar, also called Sultan Bāysonḡor Bahādor Khan (1397–1433) was a prince of the Timurid dynasty and a grandson of Timur. He was known as a patron of arts and architecture, the leading patron of the Persian miniature in Iran, commissioning the Baysunghur Shahnameh and other works, as well as being a prominent calligrapher.
Key facts
- Royalty.image
- Baysunghur in 1429 in Herat. Frontispiece detail of Kalila wa Dimna, Topkapi R.1022 (detail).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Contemporary portrait of Baysunghur in 1429 in Herat. Frontispiece of Kalila wa Dimna, Topkapi R.1022 (detail).
- Royalty.alt
- Baysunghur Bahōdōr Mirza Khan
- Royalty.name
- Baysunghur Bâhodor Mirza
- Royalty.title
- Timurid Prince
- Royalty.birth_date
- 15 September 1397
- Royalty.birth_place
- Herat
- Royalty.death_date
- 20 December 1433
- Royalty.death_place
- Bagh-e Safid palace, Herat
- Royalty.burial_place
- Gawhar Shad Mausoleum, Herat
- Royalty.spouse
- katayun khatun
- Royalty.issue
- Ala al-Dawla MirzaSultan MuhammadAbul-Qasim BaburSeveral others
- Royalty.full name
- Ghiyath-ud-din Baysunghur Bâhador Khan
- Royalty.house
- House of Timur
- Royalty.father
- Shah Rukh
- Royalty.mother
- Gawhar Shad
- Royalty.religion
- Islam
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- Baysunghur in 1429 in Herat. Frontispiece detail of Kalila wa Dimna, Topkapi R.1022 (detail).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1397-09-16
- date of death
- 1433-12-20
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Ghiyath ud-din Baysunghur ( غیاثالدین بایسنقر) commonly known as Baysonqor or Baysongor, Baysonghor or (incorrectly) as Baysunqar, also called Sultan Bāysonḡor Bahādor Khan (1397–1433) was a prince of the Timurid dynasty and a grandson of Timur. He was known as a patron of arts and architecture, the leading patron of the Persian miniature in Iran, commissioning the Baysunghur Shahnameh and other works, as well as being a prominent calligrapher.
==Life== Baysunghur was a son of Shah Rukh, the ruler of Iran and Transoxiana, and Shah Rukh's most prominent wife, Gawhar Shad.