Afridun I

Afridun I
Shah of Shirvan
Reign1106–1120
PredecessorManuchihr II
SuccessorManuchIhr III
Emir of Derbent
Tenure30 January 1066 - July 1068
28 December 1068 - January 1072
PredecessorAbd al-Malik III
SuccessorEmir Yaghma
Born1046
DiedNovember 1120 (aged 73–74)
Derbent
IssueManuchIhr IiI
HouseKasranid
FatherFariburz I
MotherSarir princess
ReligionSunni 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]

  1. ^ Tafazzoli 1999, pp. 531–533.