Suleiman II of Persia

Mir Sayyed Muhammad Marashi (June 1714 – May 1763), better known by his dynastic name of Suleiman II (Persian: شاه سلیمان), was a Safavid pretender who managed to briefly become ruler of some parts of Iran from 1749 to 1750. He was in charge of the affairs of the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad.

Suleiman II
Coin of Suleiman II
Shah of Iran
Reign	17 December 1749–14 January 1750
Coronation	17 December 1749
Predecessor	Shahrokh Shah
Successor	Shahrokh Shah
Born	June 1714 Isfahan
Died	May 1763 (aged 48) Mashhad Khorasan
Spouse	Khan Agha Begum
Issue	Sultan Daud Mirza Sultan Ali Mirza Sultan Hasan Mirza Sultan Qasim Mirza Sultan Hashim Mirza
Dynasty	Safavid dynasty
Father	Mir Sayyed Mohammad Marashi
Mother	Shahbanu Begum Safavi

The young Shahrokh, who was a grandson of the Iranian conqueror Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747), was enthroned at Mashhad in October 1748 by Iranian nobles. Two months later Nader Shah's nephew Ebrahim Mirza, proclaimed himself shah; but he was defeated and fled. Sayyid Muhammad refused to admit him to the shrine city of Mashad. Sayyid Mohammad's mother was the daughter of Safavid shah Suleiman I, and so in 1750 he was enthroned by Mir Alam Khan Khuzaima and some Kurdish and Jalayirid chiefs as Suleiman II. Shahrokh was blinded but was restored to the throne after only a few months, as Suleiman II was removed and blinded.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Suleiman II of Persia
8. Sayyed Muhammad Shafi al-Marashi 4. Sayyed ‘Abdu’llah al-Marashi 2. Mir Sayyed Mohammad al-Marashi 10. Simon II of Kartli 5. ‘Izz-i-Sharaf 11. Jahan Banu Begum (granddaughter of Abbas I of Persia) 1. Suleiman II of Persia 12. Abbas II of Persia 6. Suleiman I of Persia 13. Nakihat Khanum 3. Shahbanu Begum Safavi

Sources

• Floor, Willem (2005), A Note on The Grand Vizierate in Seventeenth Century Persia, Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 435–481, JSTOR 43382107