Surgan, son of , the sister of Abu Sa'id, found himself competing for control of the Chobanid lands with the late ruler's brother and his uncle.
This widened a divide which had already been growing between himself and the lay princes of Germany, who disliked his restless expansion policy.
The was in the midst of a civil war and one year from falling to rebellion.
Western Europe [ ] Europe in 1345 Hundred Years' War [ ] By 1345, the between France and England had been going on for only about eight years.
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The Byzantines, though powerful, were in a state of decline, with an between emperors and , although in 1345, the tide began to turn toward the latter.