Banu Mazyad

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Mazyadid Emirate
إمارة بنو مزيد
c.961–c.1160
Ḥilla
Common languagesArabic
Religion
Shia Islam
Emir 
• 961–1017
Ali I (first)
• 1150–1160
Muhalhil (last)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
c.961
• Disestablished
c.1160
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Buyid dynasty
Abbasid Caliphate
Today part ofIraq

The Banū Mazyad (

Iraq between c. 961 and c. 1160.[1]

Older sources sometimes mistakenly date the beginnings of Mazyadid rule to the early 11th century, but

Buyid emir Mu'izz al-Dawla in return for military services between 956 and 963. These included lands between Kūfa and Hīt.[2]

In 1012, Ali founded

Ḥilla which would later become their capital.[3] Originally a mere encampment, Ḥilla merged with the earlier settlement of Jami'ayn. Under Sadaqa I (1086–1108), a wall was built around the new city and it became the capital of Mazyadid power.[2]

The Mazyadids' chief rivals were the

Uqaylids. Early in the reign of Dubays I (1017–1082), the Uqaylids supported his brother Muqallad when the latter challenged Dubays for the emirate. At the establishment of the Seljuk Empire, Dubays threw his support behind the Shia Fatimid Caliphate and the general al-Basasiri.[2]

The reign of the weak Seljuk sultan

Barkiyaruq (1092–1105) corresponds to the height of Sadaqa I's power. To the First Crusaders, he was the "king of the Arabs" (rex Arabum in Latin chronicles). After Malik-Shah II succeeded Barkiyaruq, he moved against Sadaqa, who was defeated and killed in battle in 1108. His successor, Dubays II, was equally famous to the Latins and as an Arabic poet.[2]

The later Mazyadid emirs allied with local Turkish emirs against Sultan

Abbasid forces and Mazyadid rule came to an end.[2]

The Mazyadids did not mint coin.[2]

Mazyadid rulers

Notes

  1. ^ Bosworth 1991.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Bosworth 1996.
  3. ^ Moojan Momen, An Introduction to Shi'i Islam (Yale University Press, 1985).

References

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  • Bosworth, C. E. (1996). "36. The Mazyadids". The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 87–88.
  • Lane-Poole, Stanley (1894). The Mohammedan Dynasties: Chronological and Genealogical Tables with Historical Introductions. A. Constable and company. p. 119.
  • Runciman, Steven (1951). A History of the Crusades (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 113.

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