Sultan Ahmad | |
Succession: | Ruler of the Timurid Empire |
Reign: | 1469–1494 |
Full Name: | Sultan Ahmad Mirza |
Predecessor: | Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza |
Successor: | Sultan Mahmud Mirza |
Spouse: | Mihr Nigar Khanum Tarkhan Begum Qataq Begum Khanzada Begum Tirmizi Latif Begum Habiba Sultan Begum Arghun |
Issue: | Rabia Sultan Begum Salika Sultan Begum Aisha Sultan Begum Sultanum Begum Masuma Sultan Begum |
Dynasty: | Timurid |
Father: | Abu Sa'id Mirza |
Mother: | Malika Sultan Begum |
Birth Place: | Samarkand |
Sultan Ahmed Mirza (Persian: {{Nq|سلطان احمد مرزا) was the eldest son of Abu Sa'id Mirza[1] on whose death he became the Timurid ruler of Samarkand and Bukhara from 1469 until 1494. During his rule, he successfully repelled at least one invasion attempt by the Kara Koyunlu, and failed in an attempt to conquer Khurasan from its ruler Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara. He was embroiled in the Timurid Civil Wars with his brothers Umar Shaikh Mirza II and Sultan Mahmud Mirza. He died while returning from his Ferghana expedition against Babur, the twelve-year-old son and successor of Umar Shaikh Mirza II. As he had no male heir, he was succeeded by his brother, Sultan Mahmud Mirza.