Ghazan II

Ghazan II (Persian: غازان) was the last nominal ruler of the Ilkhanate.

His existence is known through works of medieval authors and numismatics, but otherwise is unattested in history.

According to Abū Bakr al-Qutbī al-Ahrī, author of Tarikh-i Uways, when Jani Beg demanded Malek Ashraf to submit in 1357, he replied: "He is the padishah of the ulus of Berke, he has nothing to do with the ulus of Abaqa, for here the ruler is Ghazan and the emirate is mine.

"[1][2] He was mentioned by Nur al-Din Azhdari in his Ghazan-nama, whose father Shams al-Din Muhammad served Ghazan II.

[3] His coins have been minted in Mardin (1356),[4] Qom (1357),[5] Soltaniyeh, Maragha, Ray,[6] Ani, Barda, Ganja, Khoy, Mamaqan, Nakhchivan, Sharur, Tabriz, Tbilisi, Urmia and others.