Hasanwayhids
Hasanwayhid dynasty | |||||||||||
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| 959–1015 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Dinavar | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 959 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1015 | ||||||||||
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Hasanwayhids or Hasanuyid was a powerful
Aishanid predecessors
The Hasanwayhids were preceded in the region by the Aishanid or 'Ishaniya Kurdish tribe. This particular group had ruled territories in the districts of Dinawar, Hamadan and Nahavand. Their emirs Ghanim and Windad (sons of a certain Ahmad) had usurped the rule from the Abbasid caliphate for fifty years, until their death in 960–1. The next generation of Aishanid emirs couldn't keep the control of their family castles: Ghānim’s son Daysam was defeated by the Buyid armies, and Windād’s son ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, was taken prisoner by a rival Kurdish group, and handed to the first Hasanwayhid ruler, Hasanwayh. He was a maternal nephew of Ghanim and Windad, and he obtained the castles of their Aishanid relatives.[4]
History
The name of the dynasty was an
After his death in 979, his son Badr ibn Hasanwayh became ruler and achieved notable gains including imposing order, developing a strong financial administration, building roads and markets in the mountains, securing the safety of pilgrims crossing his territory and striking coins.[3] Like his father, he continued to pledge his allegiance to the Buyids.[5]
Badr ibn Hasanwayh was succeeded by his grandson Zahir in 1014 but only kept power for a year as he was expelled by Buyid
The Sarmaj Castle was built by the Hasanwayhids.[1]
Rulers
- Hasanwayh (961–979)
- Badr ibn Hasanwayh (979–1014)
- Zahir ibn Hilal ibn Badr (1013–1014)
- Hilal ibn Badr (1014)
- Zahir ibn Hilal ibn Badr (1014–1015)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Azakai (2017).
- ^ James (2019), p. 22.
- ^ a b c d Gunter (2010), p. 117.
- ^ Tor (2017), p. 54–55.
- ^ a b Bosworth 1996, p. 158.
- ^ Vanly (1976), p. 353.
- ^ a b Lane-Poole (1894), p. 138.
References
- Azakai, Parviz (2017), "آل حسنویه", Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (in Persian)
- Bosworth, C.E. (1996). The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. New York City: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10714-5.
- Gunter, Michael M. (2010), Historical Dictionary of the Kurds, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810875074
- James, Boris (2019), "Constructing the Realm of the Kurds (al-Mamlaka al-Akradiyya): Kurdish In-betweenness and Mamluk Ethnic Engineering (1130-1340 CE)", Grounded Identities,
- Lane-Poole, Stanley (1894), The Mohammedan Dynasties: Chronological and Genealogical Tables with Historical Introductions, A. Constable and company.
- Tor, D.G. (2017). The Abbasid and Carolingian Empires: Studies in Civilizational Formation. Brill Academic Pub. ISBN 978-9004349896.
- Vanly, Ismet Chériff (1976), "LE DEPLACEMENT DU PAYS KURDE VERS L'OUEST (x e -xv e S.) RECHERCHE HISTORIQUE ET GEOGRAPHIQUE", Rivista degli studi orientali (in French), vol. 50