Muhammad II of Shirvan

Muhammad II
Coin minted during the reign of Muhammad II
Layzanshah
Reign917 - 948
PredecessorAbu Tahir Yazid
SuccessorAhmad
Tabarsaranshah
Reign917 - 948
SuccessorHaytham ibn Muhammad
Shirvanshah
Reign948 - 956
PredecessorAbu Tahir Yazid
SuccessorAhmad
Died4 June 956
Shamakhi
HouseYazidids
DynastyShirvanshah
FatherAbu Tahir Yazid
ReligionSunni Islam

Muhammad II (Arabic: محمد) was the third Layzanshah (king of Layzan, r. 917–948) and the sixth Shirvanshah (king of Shirvan, r. 948–956). He was the son of Abu Tahir Yazid. He is often mislabeled as Muhammad III because of sharing same name with Muhammad of Layzan, who was in fact his grandfather and never ruled as Shirvanshah.[1]

  1. ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 59.