Death and Succession
Shāhrukh died during a journey in Rey in Persia and was succeeded by his son, Mohammad Taragae Uluğ Bēg, who had been viceroy of Transoxiana during his father's lifetime.
In total, Shāhrukh had five sons. Ulugh Beg, viceroy of Transoxiana, was the oldest. Ibrahim Sultan, viceroy of Persia, was second oldest but predeceased Shāhrukh. Shāhrukh's artistic third son Bāysonḡor (1397–1433), who never had a vice-royal position, but played an important part in his father's government in Samarqand, also pre-deceased his father, perhaps due to overconsumption of alcohol. His fourth son, Mirza Soyurghatmïsh Khan, was viceroy of India and Ghazni but also died before Shāhrukh, as did his fifth son Mirza Muhammad Yuguy. Thus, only Ulugh Beg, who was an excellent mathematician but an incapable ruler, was left to succeed his father.
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