Baysunghur
| Baysunghur Bâhodor Mirza | |||||
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| Timurid Prince | |||||
Contemporary portrait of Baysunghur in 1429 in Herat. Frontispiece of Kalila wa Dimna, Topkapi R.1022 (detail). | |||||
| Born | 15 September 1397 Herat | ||||
| Died | 20 December 1433 (aged 36) Bagh-e Safid palace, Herat | ||||
| Burial | Gawhar Shad Mausoleum, Herat | ||||
| Spouse | katayun khatun | ||||
| Issue | Ala al-Dawla Mirza Sultan Muhammad Abul-Qasim Babur Several others | ||||
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| House | House of Timur | ||||
| Father | Shah Rukh | ||||
| Mother | Gawhar Shad | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Ghiyath ud-din Baysunghur ( غیاثالدین بایسنقر) commonly known as Baysonqor or Baysongor, Baysonghor or (incorrectly) as Baysunqar, also called Sultan Bāysonḡor Bahādor Khan (1397–1433) was a prince of the Timurid dynasty and a grandson of Timur. He was known as a patron of arts and architecture, the leading patron of the Persian miniature in Iran, commissioning the Baysunghur Shahnameh and other works, as well as being a prominent calligrapher.