Akhidjuk (amir of Tabriz, d. 760/1359)

Akhidjuk ('little akhi') was an amir of unknown name at Tabriz in the 8th/14th century. He ruled Tabriz and Azerbaijan briefly and was executed by the Jalayirid Uways in 760/1359. ¹

Akhidjuk was a follower of the Chobanid Malik Ashraf, who was defeated and executed by Jani Beg, khan of the Golden Horde. When Jani Beg died, his son Berdi Beg, whom he had left as governor of the conquered city, left Tabriz to secure his father's throne for himself, in 758/1357. Akhidjuk then took Tabriz and the whole of Azerbaijan and held them for some time against the Jalayirid sultan of Baghdad, Uways, son of the "Great Hasan" (Hasan-i Buzurg). When Uways captured Tabriz in 760/1359, he ordered the execution of Akhidjuk, who had taken part in a conspiracy against him. ¹

During his short rule Akhidjuk corresponded with the Mamluk state of Egypt, whose chancery addressed him simply as "akhi". The article cites al-Qalqashandi's Subh al-a'sha for this. His family spread into Anatolia, where the Ottoman poet Ahmedi devoted a chapter to him in his Iskandarname. ¹