Shams ad-Din Juvayni

Shams ad-Din Juvayni

Shams al-Din Juvayni (d. 1285) was a vizier and "sahib-divan" or Minister of Finance under the Mongol Ilkhans Hulagu, Abaqa and Tekuder from 1263 until his execution by Arghun Khan in 1285. A member of a Persian secretarial dynasty from northern Khurasan, Shams al-Din was the brother of the historian Ata al-Mulk Juvayni. Both brothers held influential positions in the independent khanate Hulagu founded in Iran after the death of his brother Möngke Khan in 1259. A skillful political and military leader, he is also known to have patronized the arts. His wife Khoshak was the daughter of Awak Zak'arean-Mkhargrdzeli, Lord High Constable of Georgia, and Gvantsa, a noblewoman who went on to become queen of Georgia.

In 1285, Arghun accused Shams al-Din of having poisoned the Ilkhan Abaqa, who may actually died of the effects of alcoholism. Shams al-Din was duly executed and replaced as vizier by Buqa. [Judith G. Kolbas (2006), "The Mongols in Iran: Chingiz Khan to Uljaytu 1220-13", pp. 240, 382, 385. Routledge, ISBN 0700706674.]

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