Astarābād

Astarābād was a city on the Caspian-facing plain of Gurgān. In the 1330s its governor Shaykh 'Alī Hindu supported Togha Temür, a claimant to the Il-Khanid throne.

After the Sarbadars killed Togha Temür in 1353, Shaykh 'Alī's son Amīr Valī fled, then returned. He professed Shiism to win support in Mazandaran and seized Astarābād in 1356; around 1380 he captured the Sarbadar capital Sabzevar. Timur drove him out in 1384 and gave Astarābād to Togha Temür's son Luqman.