Manuchihr I of Shirvan
| Manuchihr I | |
|---|---|
| ShahofShirvan | |
| Reign | 1027-1034 |
| Predecessor | Yazid II |
| Successor | Ali II |
| Died | 1034 Shamakhi |
| Consort | Sitt (daughter ofFadl ibn Muhammad) |
| Issue | Hormuzd |
| House | Kasranid |
| Father | Yazid II |
Manuchihr,[1]Minuchihr[2]orManuchehr I(Persian:منوچهر) was the eleventhShahofShirvan.He is considered to be first fullyPersianizedruler of the dynasty. Starting from his rule, theShirvanshahsfavoured names from the pre-Islamic Iranian past and claimed descent from characters such as theSasanianmonarchBahram V Gur(r. 420–438).[3]
Reign[edit]
Manuchihr succeeded his fatherYazid IIas the Shah of Shirvan in 1027. He had at least 6 brothers and a sister.
Two years later, he declared war against theHashimidsofDerbentfor an estate inMasqat.He was, however, defeated by an Hashimid army in 1030 which ravaged his land.
The following year,his kingdom was invadedby aRus'army underIngvar the Far-Travelled.Manuchihr tried to repel them fromCaucasus,but was soundly defeated atBaku;many prominent commanders of Shirvan were killed, such as one of the noblesAhmad ibn Khasskin.Manuchihr then had theAraxes riverclosed in order to stop the Rus'. However, this resulted in the drowning of a large number of his men.[2]The Rus then were employed byAbu'l-Fath MusaofShaddadidswho used them to captureBaylaqan.[4]Nevertheless, some time later in 1031, they again landed in Baku, but this time Manuchihr managed to repel the Rus'.[1]It was probably around this time Manuchihr married Sitt, sister of Musa.
In 1032, a combined army fromSarirandAlaniainvaded Shirvan and seized its capitalShamakhi,killing around 10000 people and pillaging it for 10 days. During their withdrawal from Shirvan, however, they were attacked and defeated by the people ofDerbentwho seized the goods for themselves.[5]
Death[edit]
Manuchihr was stabbed to death by his younger brotherAbu-Mansur Ali,who had with the help of Manuchihr's wife Sitt entered the latter's house while the shah was reading a letter came from Musa.[5]Ali thus became the new Shirvanshah.
Family[edit]
He had at least two wives and a son:
- Sitt — daughter ofFadl ibn Muhammadof Shaddadids (m.Ali II of Shirvanin January 1035)
- A daughter ofruler of Tabasaran
- Hormuzd — emir of Tabasaran, d. 9 April 1065[6]
References[edit]
- ^abMadelung 1975,p. 248.
- ^abMinorsky 1958,p. 31.
- ^Bosworth, C.E. (11 February 2011). "ŠERVĀNŠAHS".Archived copy.Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition.Archivedfrom the original on 10 March 2013.Retrieved21 March2013.
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- ^abMinorsky 1958,p. 32.
- ^Minorsky 1958,p. 35.
Sources[edit]
- Madelung, W.(1975)."The Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran".In Frye, R. N. (ed.).The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–249.ISBN978-0-521-20093-6.
- Minorsky, Vladimir (1958).A History of Sharvān and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries.University of Michigan. pp. 1–219.ISBN978-1-84511-645-3.