Fadlun ibn Fadl

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Fadlun ibn Fadl, or Fadl III was the last ruler of the Shaddadids of Arran from Ganja.[a][1] He ruled from 1073 to 1075, until the Seljuk Sultan Malik-Shah removed him from power,[2] giving him Astarabad.[2] The realm was then absorbed by the Great Seljuqs, placing Sav-Tegin as governor of Ganja.[2]

Following the death of Sav-Tegin in 1085, Fadl instigated a revolt and gained possession of Ganja.[2] Malik-Shah launched a campaign in 1086 and removed Fadl from power again.[2] Ebn al-Aṯir mentions a Fadl then died in poverty in Baghdad in 1091, but if it was him or his father is in doubt. A collateral line of Shaddadids, through Manuchihr ibn Shavur, continued to rule in Ani.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ " The last of the line to reign in Arrān was Fażlun b. Fażl (Fażl III), who usurped the emirate from his father in 1073."[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Peacock 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bosworth 1968, p. 95.

Sources[edit]

  • Bosworth, C.E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World". In Boyle, J.A. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 5:The Saljuq and Mongol Period. Cambridge University Press.
  • Peacock, Andrew (2011). "Shaddadids". Encyclopaedia Iranica.