Iran, 1337 AD., Post-Ilkhanate ruler, Muhammad Khan (736-738 AH / late 1335-late 1337 AD.), dated/struck 738 H / 1337 AD, AR Double Dirhem

Iran, Post-Ilkhanate ruler, Muhammad Khan (736-738 AH / late 1335-late 1337 AD.), dated/struck 738 H / 1337 AD,
AR double dirhem (17-19 mm / 2,39 g),
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The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate (Persian: سلسله ایلخانی), was one of the four khanates within the Mongol Empire. It was centered in Persia, including present-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and western Pakistan. It was based, originally, on Genghis Khan's campaigns in the Khwarezmid Empire in 1219-1224, and the continual expansion of Mongol presence under the commands of Chormagan, Baiju, and Eljigidei.
After Abu Sa'id's death in 1335, the khanate began to disintegrate rapidly.
After the Ilkhanate, the regional states established during the disintegration of the Il-khanate raised their own candidates as claimants.

Muhammad Khan (d. July 1338) was a claimant to the throne of the Ilkhanate. He was a great-grandson of Mengu-Timur, who was a grandson of Batu Khan.

During the breakup of the Ilkhanate following the death of Abu Sa'id in 1335, the Jalayirid Hasan Buzurg raised Muhammad Khan to the throne. Muhammad Khan, who was still a young child, was of Mongol blood and was therefore a way to legitimise Hasan Buzurg's rule from Baghdad. In a battle taking place on July 26, 1336, Hasan Buzurg and Muhammad Khan defeated the forces of 'Ali Padshah and his puppet Ilkhan, Musa. Hasan Buzurg then installed his claimant in Tabriz. Over the next few years, the two strengthened their hold over western Persia, but the appearance of the Chobanid Hasan Kucek spoiled their rule. The two sides met in the Alataq area on July 16, 1338, and Hasan Buzurg and Muhammad Khan were defeated. Hasan Buzurg fled; Muhammad Khan was captured by the Chobanids and executed.