Descendants of the Mongol amir Chupan (Suldus clan) who had served as Ilkhanid regents; on the Ilkhanate's collapse they took de facto control of Azerbaijan, Arran, and parts of Asia Minor and Mesopotamia while the rival Jalayirids held Baghdad.
Overrun and absorbed by the Jalayirids under Shaykh Uwais Jalayir by 1357, ending independent Chobanid rule in Azerbaijan.
Broad standard reference covering the post-Ilkhanid successor states of Iran including the Chobanid/Chupanid regents of Azerbaijan; no dedicated English monograph on this specific Chobanid family was found verified in Open Library.