Late Middle Ages · Middle East · Politics
1411
Jalayirid Sultanate Collapses
1411
The post-Ilkhanid dynasty ruling Mesopotamia and western Persia dissolved into territorial fragments. The Qara Qoyunlu Turkmen moved into the vacuum. The political geography of Iraq and western Iran entered a century of Turkmen confederation rule until the Safavids would reassemble it from Azerbaijan outward. The instability left Baghdad and Tabriz vulnerable to Turkmen warfare that persisted until the Safavid consolidation a century later.