Shahriyar IV

Shahriyar IV
شهریار
Husam al-Dawla
Coin of Shahryar IV.
King of Mazandaran
Reign1074–1114
PredecessorQarin II
SuccessorQarin III
Born1039
Mazandaran
Died1114 (aged 74 or 75)
Tamisha, Mazandaran
IssueQarin III
Ali I
Rustam
Yazdagird
Bahram
DynastyBavand dynasty
FatherQarin II
ReligionTwelver Shia Islam

Shahriyar IV (Persian: شهریار), also known by his honorific title Husam al-Dawla (حسام الدوله), was the king of the Bavand dynasty of Mazandaran, ruling from 1074 to 1114.

After having succeeded his father Qarin II in 1074, Shahriyar IV immediately moved the capital to Sari, which it would remain till 1210. A few decades later, he briefly waged a war against his overlords, the Seljuk Empire. Peace was made, and Shahriyar IV's son Qarin III married a daughter of the Seljuk Sultan Muhammad I.

Shahriyar IV's rule was shortly usurped by Qarin III, who, however, eventually restored him as king. Shahriyar, old and ill, spent the rest of his reign as a figurehead, whilst Qarin III was the de facto ruler of the kingdom, and finally ascended the throne after Shahriyar IV's death in 1114.