Khusrau Shah
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Khusrau Shah (also spelled Khosrau Shah, Khosrow Shah, and Khusraw Shah) was the king of the Justanids from 972 to ca. 1004. He was the son and successor of .
The words "Khosrow" and "Shah" are both Iranian words that mean "king".
Reign[]
During the reign of Khusrau Shah, relations between the Buyids flourished; he aided the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla in his campaigns by reinforcing him with Daylamite troops.[1] Even during a period when Khusrau Shah was sick, Adud al-Dawla sent one of his physicians named Jibrail III to treat him. Adud al-Dawla married the sister of Khusrau Shah, who bore him Taj al-Dawla (Abu'l-Husain Ahmad) and Diya' al-Dawla (Abu Tahir Firuzshah).[2] Khusrau Shah's brother Fuladh ibn Manadhar was a prominent Buyid officer who held much influence in the Buyid court of Baghdad. Khusrau Shah later died ca. in 1004; the name of his successor is unknown, however, the dynasty continued to rule in Rudbar until the late 11th-century.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Madelung 1975, p. 224.
- ^ Donohue 2003, pp. 86–93.
Sources[]
- Donohue, John J. (2003). The Buwayhid Dynasty in Iraq 334 H./945 to 403 H./1012: Shaping Institutions for the Future. Leiden and Boston: Brill. ISBN 90-04-12860-3.
- Madelung, W. (1992). Religious and ethnic movements in medieval Islam. ISBN 0860783103.
- Madelung, W. (1975). "The Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran". In Frye, Richard N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–249. ISBN 0-521-20093-8.
- 1004 deaths
- 10th-century Iranian people
- 11th-century Iranian people
- 10th-century rulers in Asia
- Justanids