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The Shaddadids were a Kurdish
History of the Kurds

The Kurds are an ethnolinguistic group who have historically inhabited the mountainous areas to the south of Caucasus , a geographical area collectively referred to as Kurdistan....
 dynasty who ruled in various parts of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 and Arran
Arran (Azerbaijan)

Arran , also known as Aran, Ardhan , Al-Ran , Aghvank and Alvank , Ran-i or Caucasian Albania , was a geographical name used in ancient and medieval times to signify the territory which lies within the triangle of land, lowland in the east and mountainous in the west, formed by the junction of Kura a...
 from 951-1199 A.D. They were established in Dvin
Dvin

Dvin was a large commercial city, the capital of early medieval Armenia, the ruins of which are located in the province of Ararat nearby a town by the same name....
. Through their long tenure in Armenia, they often intermarried with the Bagratuni royal family of Armenia.

They began ruling in the city of Dvin, and eventually ruled other major cities, such as Barda
Barda

Barda may refer to:*Barda Rayon, a district in Azerbaijan*Barda, Azerbaijan, a town in Azerbaijan*Barda, Russia, a village in Perm Krai, Russia...
, Ganja, and were given the city of Ani
Ani

Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval city-site situated in the Turkey province of Kars Province, beside the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian people Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey....
 as a reward for their service to the Seljuqs, to whom they became vassal
Vassal

A vassal in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudal of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a monarch, usually of military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fiefdom....
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The Shaddadids were a Kurdish
History of the Kurds

The Kurds are an ethnolinguistic group who have historically inhabited the mountainous areas to the south of Caucasus , a geographical area collectively referred to as Kurdistan....
 dynasty who ruled in various parts of Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 and Arran
Arran (Azerbaijan)

Arran , also known as Aran, Ardhan , Al-Ran , Aghvank and Alvank , Ran-i or Caucasian Albania , was a geographical name used in ancient and medieval times to signify the territory which lies within the triangle of land, lowland in the east and mountainous in the west, formed by the junction of Kura a...
 from 951-1199 A.D. They were established in Dvin
Dvin

Dvin was a large commercial city, the capital of early medieval Armenia, the ruins of which are located in the province of Ararat nearby a town by the same name....
. Through their long tenure in Armenia, they often intermarried with the Bagratuni royal family of Armenia.

They began ruling in the city of Dvin, and eventually ruled other major cities, such as Barda
Barda

Barda may refer to:*Barda Rayon, a district in Azerbaijan*Barda, Azerbaijan, a town in Azerbaijan*Barda, Russia, a village in Perm Krai, Russia...
, Ganja, and were given the city of Ani
Ani

Ani is a ruined and uninhabited medieval city-site situated in the Turkey province of Kars Province, beside the border with Armenia. It was once the capital of a medieval Armenian people Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey....
 as a reward for their service to the Seljuqs, to whom they became vassal
Vassal

A vassal in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudal of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a monarch, usually of military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fiefdom....
s. From 1047 to 1057, the Shaddadids were engaged in several wars against the Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 army. The area between the rivers Kura
Kura

Kura may refer to:* Kura River in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan* Kura River, Russia in Russia* Kura Test Range in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, a major ICBM testing site during the Cold War...
 and Arax was ruled by a Shaddadid dynasty.

Shaddadid Rulers


  • Muhammad bin Shaddad
    Muhammad bin Shaddad

    Muhammad bin Shaddad was the founder and first ruler of the Shaddadids. He captured Dvin in 951....
     (A.H.340/951-971 A.D.)
  • Ali Lashkari bin Muhammad
    Ali I bin Muhammad Lashkari

    Ali I bin Muhammad Lashkari was the son of Muhammad bin Shaddad. He succeeded his father to rule the Shaddadids. He captured Ganja from the Sallarids in 971, coming into control of the region of Arran....
     ( 971-978 A.D.)
  • Marzuban bin Muhammad
    Marzuban bin Muhammad (Shaddadid)

    Marzuban bin Muhammad was the brother of Ali I bin Muhammad Lashkari. He succeeded his brother to the throne of the Shaddadids....
    (978-986 A.D.)
  • Al-Fadl I bin Muhammad (A.H. 375-422/986-1031 A.D.)
  • Abu-l-Fa't Musa
    Abu-l-Fa't Musa

    Abu-l-Fa't Musa succeeded Fadl I to the throne of the Shaddadids....
     (A.H. 422-425/1031-1034 A.D.)
  • Ali II Lashkari
    Ali II Lashkari

    Ali II Lashkari became Shaddadid emir after Musa....
     (A.H. 425-441/1034-1049 A.D.)
  • Anushirvan bin Ali II Lashkari
    Anushirvan bin Ali II Lashkari

    Ali II Lashkari was succeeded by Anushirvan apparently a minor, with the hajib or Chamberlain Abu'l Mansur serving as regent. Abu-Mansur, along his army chiefs, immediately agreed to surrender several frontier fortresses to the Georgians and Byzantines, in order, says a local chronicle, "to restrain their greed for Arran ." This decisi...
    (A.H. 441 /1049 A.D.)
  • Abu-l-Aswar Shavur I bin al-Fadl I
    Abu-l-Aswar Shavur I bin al-Fadl I

    Abu-l-Asvar Shavur I bin al-Fadl I ruled as emir of Dvin and then Ganja. Became vassal to Great Seljuqs. Married the sister of Gagik II, king of Ani....
    (A.H. 441-459/1049-1067 A.D.)
  • Al Fadl II bin Shavur I
    Al Fadl II bin Shavur I

    Al-Fadl II bin Shavur I succeeded his father to the Shaddadid throne....
     (A.H. 459-466/1067-1073 A.D.)
  • Ashot bin Shavur I
    Ashot bin Shavur I

    Ashot bin Shavur I was the son of Shavur I, and of partial Armenian descent. Was installed in Ganja by Georgians for one year....
     (A.H. 459/1067 A.D.)
  • Al-Fadl III bin al-Fadl II
    Al-Fadl III bin al-Fadl II

    Al-Fadl III bin al-Fadl II was the last Shaddadid ruler of Ganja. Realm was absorbed by the Great Seljuqs. Shaddadids continued to rule in other parts of Armenia, but the Shaddadid Ganja was added to the realm of the Great Seljuqs....
     (A.H. 466-468/1073-1075 A.D.)

Emirs in Ani

  • Menuchir (1075-1118 A.D.) (The emir of Ani. A mosque in the city is named after him) .
  • Abu-l-Asvar Shavur II(1118-1124 A.D.)
  • Fadl IV bin Shavur II(1125-?)
  • Mahmud (?-1131 A.D.)
  • Khushchikr (1131-? A.D.)
  • Shaddad (?-1155 A.D.)
  • Fadl V (1155-1161 A.D.)
  • Shahanshah (also, Sultan ibn Mahmud) (1164-1174 A.D.)