Injuids
Culture | Defunct
1335 CE to 1357 CE
The House of Inju (Injuids, Injus, or Inju'ids) is a Shia dynasty of Mongol origin that comes to rule over the Persian cities of Shiraz and Isfahan during the fourteenth century CE.
Its members become de facto independent rulers following the breakup of the Ilkhanate until their defeat in 1357.
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