Al-Hasan ibn al-Fairuzan

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'Al-Hasan ibn al-Fairuzan
Simnan
In office
c. 960s – ?
Governor of Sari
In office
Mid-930s – ?
Governor of Tabaristan
In office
930–?
Personal details
Children3+, including
Fanna Khusraw (grandson)
Rukn al-Dawla (son-in-law)
DynastyFiruzanid family

Al-Hasan ibn al-Fairuzan (

Daylamite prince from the Firuzanid family
.

Biography

Map of northern Iran

Al-Hasan was the son of

Gurgan, defeated the two brothers and retook his throne.[1][3]

In 930, Makan managed to recover Tabaristan, and appointed al-Hasan as the governor of the region. Makan also made Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Qasim the imam of the Alids. A fake rumor later spread about the death of Makan,

Ziyarid ruler Mardavij.[1][5]

In 935, Mardavij was assassinated and succeeded by his brother

Abu 'Ali Chaghani attacked him at Gurgan. Following a seven-month siege of his capital, Makan was forced to flee to Rayy. The Samanid army pursued him, and in a battle fought on 25 December 940 at Iskhabad near Rayy, the Samanid forces were victorious. Makan himself was killed by an arrow, and then beheaded by the victors, who sent his head to the Samanid court in Bukhara.[6][7]

Persia in the mid-10th century

Vushmgir, after the disastrous defeat, fled back to Tabaristan, but al-Hasan, who blamed Vushmgir for the death of his cousin, shortly rebelled against him. Vushmgir managed to defeat him, but al-Hasan convinced Abu 'Ali Chaghani to invade Tabaristan. Vushmgir was forced to recognize Samanid authority again.

When Abu 'Ali Chaghani left for Samanid

Nuh I
. Al-Hasan meanwhile allied with Hasan, but when Abu 'Ali Chaghani took Ray from the Buyids in 945, he recognized Samanid authority. Still, in 945 Vushmgir captured Gurgan with Samanid support, but did not manage to retain his rule there. It was only in 947 when he was able to take Gurgan and Tabaristan from al-Hasan with the help of a large Samanid army.

In 948, the Buyid ruler

Simnan, and aiding Vushmgir's son Qabus
in his claims for the Ziyarid throne.

The fate of al-Hasan after this is unknown, he had two sons named

Fanna Khusraw
.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Nazim (1987), p. 164
  2. ^ Madelung (1975), pp. 210–211
  3. ^ a b Madelung (1975), p. 211
  4. ^ a b Ibn Isfandiyar (1905), pp. 204-270
  5. ^ a b Madelung (1975), p. 212
  6. ^ Madelung (1975), p. 213
  7. ^ Nazim (1987), p. 165

Sources

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  • Ibn, Isfandiyar (1905). An Abridged Translation of the History of Tabaristan. University of Michigan: BRILL. pp. 1–356.
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