- Yagi Basti
Yagi Basti (d. c.
1344 ) was a member of theChobanid family and the ruler ofShiraz for a part of1343 . He was the son of AmirChupan by his second wife.Career
Like most of the other Chobanids, Yagi Basti threw his support behind his nephew
Hasan Kucek when the latter took control of northwesternIran in1338 . Eventually, however, he had a falling out with Hasan Kucek and fled to the court of theJalayirid Hasan Buzurg , who controlledBaghdad , in1341 . There he met theInjuid Mas'ud Shah and formed a plan to seize the city of Shiraz fromPir Hosayn , who was Yagi Basti's cousin.The two led an army to take Shiraz, only to learn that Pir Hosayn had lost the city to another Injuid, Abu Ishaq. This did not stop Yagi Basti and Mas'ud Shah from entering Shiraz; once the two had gained control, Yagi Basti murdered Mas'ud and seized power for himself. Without his Injuid ally, however, Yagi Basti had little support within the city, and in March of
1343 he was forced out by supporters of Abu Ishaq. Yagi Basti had little choice but to again resort to seeking refuge with Hasan Buzurg.Yagi Basti soon formed an alliance with Hasan Kucek's brother
Malek Asraf , who had also fled to Baghdad. Hasan Kucek, evidently afraid that the two would move against him, was able to convince Hasan Buzurg to abandon any support he planned to give them. Even without Jalayirid support, Yagi Basti and Malek Asraf campaigned inFars and were able to sackAbarquh . They were heading south in an attempt to take Shiraz when they learned that Hasan Kucek had been murdered in December of 1343. Malek Asraf, Yagi Basti and his half-brotherSurgan gained control of the Chobanid realm after Hasan Kucek's death. Although they at first agreed to split up the Chobanid territories among themselves, civil war soon erupted amongst them. In around1344 Yagi Basti was secretly murdered inTabriz by Malek Asraf, who went on to defeat Surgan and take sole possession of the Chobanid realm.External links
* [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v5f5/v5f5a012.html Encyclopædia Iranica - Chobanids]
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