Muflih al-Saji
Muflih al-Saji (
Iranian Azerbaijan
) from c. 929 to c. 935.
Biography
As his
In 929, Muflih defeated the
Byzantine Domestic of the Schools, John Kourkouas, in battle. The victorious Muflih then pursued the Byzantines into their own territory.[1][4][5]
In 931, the Byzantines were engaged in southern Armenia, aiding the ruler of
Samosata. Learning of this, Muflih assembled a "large army" and himself invaded Armenia, defeating Gagik and his Byzantine allies in a battle that according to Ibn al-Athir cost 100,000 Armenians their lives.[1][2][5][6]
When Daysam took power in Adharbayjan, Muflih fled to Shirvan and sought refuge with the local autonomous ruler, Abu Tahir Yazid, but the latter handed him over to Daysam to avoid trouble.[7]
References
- ^ a b c PmbZ, Mufliḥ as-Sāǧī (#25435).
- ^ a b Minorsky 1958, p. 60.
- ^ Madelung 1975, p. 232.
- ^ Runciman 1988, p. 139.
- ^ a b Ter-Ghewondyan 1976, p. 82.
- ^ Runciman 1988, p. 141.
- ^ Minorsky 1958, pp. 27, 60–61.
Sources
- Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.
- ISBN 0-521-20093-8.
- Minorsky, Vladimir (1958). A History of Sharvān and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd.
- ISBN 0-521-35722-5.
- OCLC 490638192.