Soltan-Ali Mirza

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| name = Soltan-Ali Mirza

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| image = Kay Khusraw Marches to Gudarz’s Rescue.jpg

| caption = "Kay Khosrow Marches to Godarz's Rescue". Miniature from the "Big Head Shahnama", produced for Soltan-Ali Mirza in 1493/94

| succession = Ruler of the Kar-Kiya dynasty

| reign = 1478–1504/05

| predecessor = Soltan-Mohammad Mirza

| successor = Soltan-Hasan

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| death_date = 1506

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| religion = Zaydi Shia Islam

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Soltan-Ali Mirza ({{langx|fa|سلطانعلی میرزا}}) was the ruler of the Kar-Kiya dynasty from 1478 to 1504/05. Under him, the dynasty reached its apex of power, to such a degree that he fought against the Aq Qoyunlu over the rulership of Qazvin.{{sfn|Goto|2017}}

Due to several fruitless and taxing expeditions in Bia-pas (western Gilan), he was overthrown by his brother Soltan-Hasan in 1504/5. In 1506, during Soltan-Ali Mirza's attempt to regain the throne, but he and Soltan-Hasan were killed. The throne was shortly taken by Soltan-Hasan's son Soltan-Ahmad, who had previously resided at the court of the Safavid ruler Ismail I.{{sfn|Goto|2017}}{{sfn|Goto|2020}}

The cultural prosperity during Soltan-Ali Mirza's ruled is demonstrated by the production of the "Big Head Shahnama" in 1493/94.{{sfn|Goto|2017}}

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Sources

  • {{cite encyclopedia | article = Kār Kiā | last = Goto | first = Yukako | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kar-kia | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2017 }}
  • {{EI3|last=Goto|first=Yukako|title=Kār Kiyā dynasty|year=2020|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/kar-kiya-dynasty-COM_32993}}
  • {{Encyclopaedia Islamica | last1 = Sajjadi | first1 = Sadeq | last2 = Melvin-Koushki | first2 = Matthew | title = The Amīr Kiyāʾids of Gīlān | year = 2008 | doi =10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0273 }}

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{{S-bef|before=Soltan-Mohammad Mirza}}

{{S-ttl|title=Ruler of the Kar-Kiya dynasty|years=1478–1504/05}}

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{{Karkiya Rulers}}

Category:15th-century Iranian people

Category:16th-century Iranian people

Category:15th-century births

Category:1506 deaths

Category:15th-century Zaydis

Category:16th-century Zaydis