Sharaf al-Din Mahmud Shah Inju

Sharaf al-Din Mahmud Shah was the founder of the Injuid dynasty of Fars. Around 1304 the Ilkhan Öljeitü sent him to Shiraz to administer the royal estates known as inju; by 1325 he held nearly absolute power in Fars and was named its governor.

His power alarmed Ilkhan Abu Sa'id, who dismissed him and, after a failed revolt, imprisoned him at Tabriz. After Abu Sa'id died in 1335, Arpa Khan had him executed, and his sons then fought each other over Shiraz.