Mubariz al-Din Muhammad

Mubariz al-Din Muhammad (1301–1363) founded Iran's Muzaffarid dynasty after Ilkhanid rule in central Iran dissolved. He inherited his father's Ilkhanid offices in 1314 and took Yazd from its Atabeg in 1319. After Abu Sa'id's death he made himself independent, seizing Kirman in 1339 or 1340 and Bam soon after.

The Injuids of Shiraz and Isfahan became his rivals; their ruler Abu Ishaq failed to take Yazd in 1350–1351. In 1353 Mubariz captured Shiraz, chased Abu Ishaq to Isfahan and executed him; Shiraz became his capital. He refused vassalage to the Golden Horde khan Jani Beg, and in 1357 briefly occupied Tabriz before the Jalayirids forced him out.

A harsh ruler, he was blinded and imprisoned by his son Shah Shuja in 1358 and died in prison in 1363.