[2][3][4][5] He was a loyalist and former servant of Shaykh Uways Jalayir, and was later appointed as his emir to govern over Baghdad, Iraq.

[6] He was also contemporary to the last Ilkhanid ruler, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan.

[7][8][9][10] In 1364, Amin al-Din Murjan led a rebellion against his former master and now superior, Shaykh Uways Jalayir.

[11] The next year, Shaykh Uways arrested him in Baghdad after some other rebellions had been quelled.

Murjan was pardoned and returned to his original post of governor of Baghdad.