Ghazan II (
Persian: غازان) was the last nominal ruler of the
Ilkhanate.
Life
His existence is known through works of medieval authors and numismatics, but otherwise is unattested in history. He appears to have been a puppet of
Malek Ashraf in 1356. According to Abū Bakr al-Qutbī al-Ahrī, author of Tarikh-i Uways, when
Jani Beg demanded Malek Ashraf to submit in 1357, he replied: "He is the
padishah of the
ulus of
Berke, he has nothing to do with the ulus of
Abaqa, for here the ruler is Ghazan and the
emirate is mine."[1][2] He was mentioned by
Nur al-Din Azhdari in his Ghazan-nama, whose father Shams al-Din Muhammad served Ghazan II.[3]