Ujān

Ujan stood southeast of Tabriz amid the meadows of the Azarbaijan plateau. Roads met here from Tabriz, Maragheh, Sarab and Rayy, while the surrounding pastures attracted the Mongol rulers of Iran, whose court continued to move between seasonal encampments. Ghazan Khan rebuilt and enlarged the town in 1299, giving it the name Shahr-i Islam, and made it a seasonal royal residence.

The Ilkhanid court gathered at Ujan in the summer. The historian Rashid al-Din described a feast held there by Ghazan in 1302: the ruler sat on a jewelled golden throne, surrounded by princes, court officials and royal women in splendid dress. Such festivities were also occasions for political business, including consultations about military appointments and the deployment of troops on distant frontiers.