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Baysonqor

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