Zanjan, on the high road from Qazvin to Tabriz, is the gate between the Jibal and Azerbaijan.
Here Tekish's commander Mayajuq defeated the Eldiguzid Qutlugh Inanj in 591/1195, and in the Diwan's settlement of that year Zanjan was kept for the Diwan (Ibn al-Athir). Who holds it on 1 January 1200 is not pinned: the Eldiguzid atabeg's lands end at Miyana (Anatolia map), the Khwarazmshah is master of the Jibal by the caliph's confirmation, and the Pahlavanid mamluks are strong in the region. East of the town lie the high summer meadows where Sultaniyya would be built in 1305; in 1200 they are pasture with no town.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not pinned
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
See lord_1200 and the lord records.
Lord in 1200
Not pinned: the ground lies between the Eldiguzid claim, the Khwarazmian order and the Pahlavanid mamluks
How things stand that morning
Drawn as contested.
Communities
Sunni Persians; Turkish and Turkmen herdsmen on the meadows.
Fairs and markets
Not recorded in the sources read
Militia
Not recorded.
Trade and crafts
Road trade between Qazvin and Tabriz; summer pastures of the Sultaniyya meadows.
Places of note
- Sultaniyya's ground (the meadows east of Zanjan): Summer pasture in 1200; the city is built only in 1305
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Two lines in Ibn al-Athir (591); nothing for 1199-1200.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.