Afridun I | |
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Shah of Shirvan | |
Reign | 1106–1120 |
Predecessor | Manuchihr II |
Successor | ManuchIhr III |
Emir of Derbent | |
Tenure | 30 January 1066 - July 1068 28 December 1068 - January 1072 |
Predecessor | Abd al-Malik III |
Successor | Emir Yaghma |
Born | 1046 |
Died | November 1120 (aged 73–74) Derbent |
Issue | ManuchIhr IiI |
House | Kasranid |
Father | Fariburz I |
Mother | Sarir princess |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Afridun the Martyr was the eighteenth Shah of Shirvan. He was appointed governor of Derbent several times during his father Fariburz I's reign. "Afridun" is the arabicized form of the New Persian name Fereydun, an Iranian mythical hero.[1]