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Shahanshah (Shirvanshah)

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Shahanshah
Copper fulus of Shahanshah, located in the Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku
Shirvanshah
Reignc. 1180 – c. 1203
PredecessorAkhsitan I
SuccessorFarrukhzad I
Diedc. 1203
DynastyKasranids
FatherManuchihr III

Shahanshah was the Shirvanshah from c. 1180 to c. 1203.[1]

He was a son of Shirvanshah Manuchihr III (r. 1120 – after 1160). He had had three brothers, Akhsitan I, Afridun II, and Farrukhzad I.[2] It has been proposed that Manuchihr III may have divided his kingdom amongst his sons upon his death,[3] due to coin mints demonstrating the coinciding reign of Akhsitan I, Shahanshah, Afridun II and his son Fariburz II.[4] Afridun II and Fariburz II may have ruled in the western part of the kingdom,[5] while coin mints of Shahanshah demonstrate that he was based in Shamakhi. However, the latter has also been suggested to have been the successor of Akhsitan I.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kouymjian 1969, p. 241.
  2. ^ Kouymjian 1969, p. 242.
  3. ^ a b Kouymjian 1969, p. 188.
  4. ^ Kouymjian 1969, pp. 184–194.
  5. ^ Kouymjian 1969, p. 193.

Sources

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  • Kouymjian, Dickran (1969). A Numismatic History of Southeastern Caucasia and Adharbayjan based on the Islamic Coinage of the 5th/11th to the 7th/13th Centuries. Columbia University.
Shahanshah (Shirvanshah)
 Died: c. 1203
Regnal titles
Preceded by Shirvanshah
c. 1180 – c. 1203
Succeeded by