Sultan Mahmud (Shirvanshah) Explained

Sultan Mahmud
Shah of Shirvan
Reign:1501 - 1502
Coronation:1501
Full Name:Shamkhal Sultan Mahmud Gazi Beg
Predecessor:Gazi Beg
Successor:Ibrahim II Sheykhshah
Royal House:House of Shirvanshah
Father:Gazi Beg
Birth Date:?
Birth Place:Baku
Death Date:1505
Death Place:Gulustan castle

Sultan Mahmud was the 39th shah of Shirvan.

Career under Farrukh Yassar

He was appointed as wali of Mahmudabad and Salyan by his grandfather Farrukh Yassar.[1]

Reign and exile

He rebelled and killed his father Gazi Beg and declared himself shah. But he met resistance from local Shirvan people who rebelled against him in turn, and sent him into exile. Mahmud lived in the court of Ismail I in later years.

Notes and References

  1. Heймaтoвa. Цeнный дoкyмeнт пo истории Шиpвaнa, c.69