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An identity tied to Khurasanian Arab origins, the Muzaffarids rose in the wake of the Iran based Mongol dynasty, the Il Khanids, in 1314 only to be snuffed out by Timur in 1393. This short reign allowed for the patronage of significant thinkers, for example the poet Hafiz and theologian 'Adud al-Din Iji, but afforded little room for architectural expressions of power and vision.
Of the amirs who established dynasties after the Ilkhanids, Muzaffarid architecture stands apart. Their congregational mosque at their capital Kirman (1350) references Mongol features, for example: the tall portal; the integration of prayer halls behind court arcades; and continuous four-color tile mosaic.
Sources:
Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. 1996. The New Islamic Dynasties. Columbia University Press, 264-265.
Balir, Sheila A.S. & Jonathan Bloom. 1994. The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800. Yale University Press, 16.
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