Diyaʾ al-Din Yusuf

Diyaʾ al-Din Yusuf, also Yusuf b. Jahanshah,^[1] was a son of the Qara Qoyunlu ruler Jahan Shah.^[1] In Shiraz and Fars, he succeeded in 1460 his brother Pir Budaq, who was transferred to the governorship of Baghdad.^[1]

Diyaʾ al-Din Yusuf was replaced by Mirza Yusuf from 1464, until the Aq Qoyunlu took over the region in 1468 and installed Sultan Khalil.^[1]

Diyaʾ al-Din Yusuf is known to have put some efforts in calligraphy, because of manuscripts which are signed by him: Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi H. 2153, fol. 20a, which is signed Yusuf b. Jahanshah, and H. 2160, fol. 41b, also signed by Yusuf b. Jahanshah in 867 (1462–63), in Shiraz.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roxburgh (2014). Envisioning islamic art and architecture: essays in honor of Renata Holod. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 182. ISBN 978-9004264021. In 1460, through the intercession of his mother—who journeyed to Shiraz from Tabriz—Pir Budaq was assigned the governorship of Baghdad since its comparative proximity to Tabriz, Jahanshah's capital, meant that his actions could be more closely scrutinized. Pir Budaq's brother, Diyaʾ al-Din Yusuf, now governed Shiraz (and the province of Fars).

[En182bis-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Roxburgh (2014). Envisioning islamic art and architecture: essays in honor of Renata Holod. Leiden ; Boston: Brill. p. 182. ISBN 978-9004264021. In 1460, through the intercession of his mother—who journeyed to Shiraz from Tabriz—Pir Budaq was assigned the governorship of Baghdad since its comparative proximity to Tabriz, Jahanshah's capital, meant that his actions could be more closely scrutinized. Pir Budaq's brother, Diyaʾ al-Din Yusuf, now governed Shiraz (and the province of Fars).

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