Kartids

The Kartids were a Sunni Tajik dynasty ruling from Herat in Khorasan. In 1337 Malik Mu'izz-uddin Husayn allied with and paid tribute to Togha Temür as the Ilkhanate fragmented.

Husayn defeated the Sarbadars at Zava in 1342 and ruled as an independent sultan from 1349. Timur captured Herat in 1381, deporting scholars and carrying off the Kart princes. Husayn's son Pir 'Ali was executed around 1383 after a revolt, and the last Kart princes were killed at a banquet in 1396.