Shaddadids | |||||||||||||
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| 951–1199 | |||||||||||||
 Map of the Shaddadids ( , ), 11th-12th centuries CE | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Dvin, Janza,[1] Ani | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (court, poetry)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• Established | 951 | ||||||||||||
• Muhammad ibn Shaddad conquers Dwin | 951 | ||||||||||||
• Lashkari ibn Muhammad established himself in Ganja | 971 | ||||||||||||
• Manuchihr ibn Shavur founded the Shaddadis emirate of Ani | c. 1072 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1199 | ||||||||||||
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The Shaddadids were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin.[a][4][3] who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran from 951 to 1199 AD. They were established in Dvin. Through their long tenure in Armenia, they often intermarried with the Bagratuni royal family of Armenia.[b][c]
They began ruling in the city of Dvin, and eventually ruled other major cities, such as Barda and Ganja. A cadet line of the Shaddadids were given the cities of Ani and Tbilisi[6] as a reward for their service to the Seljuqs, to whom they became vassals.[7][8] From 1047 to 1057, the Shaddadids were engaged in several wars against the Byzantine army. The area between the rivers Kura and Aras was ruled by a Shaddadid dynasty.
- ^ Peacock 2005, p. 210.
- ^ Lornejad & Doostzadeh 2012, pp. 152–153.
- ^ a b c Peacock 2011.
- ^ Kennedy 2016, p. 215.
- ^ Thomson 1996, p. xxxvi.
- ^ Minorsky 1949, p. 29.
- ^ Bosworth 1997, p. 169.
- ^ Peacock 2005, p. 216.
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