Fadlun ibn Fadl

Fadlun ibn Fadl, or Fadl III was the last ruler of the Shaddadids of Arran from Ganja.^{[lower-alpha 1][1]} He ruled from 1073 to 1075, until the Seljuk Sultan Malik-Shah removed him from power,^[2] giving him Astarabad.^[2] The realm was then absorbed by the Great Seljuqs, placing Sav-Tegin as governor of Ganja.^[2]

Following the death of Sav-Tegin in 1085, Fadl instigated a revolt and gained possession of Ganja.^[2] Malik-Shah launched a campaign in 1086 and removed Fadl from power again.^[2] Ebn al-Aṯir mentions a Fadl then died in poverty in Baghdad in 1091, but if it was him or his father is in doubt. A collateral line of Shaddadids, through Manuchihr ibn Shavur, continued to rule in Ani.^[2]

Notes

1. " The last of the line to reign in Arrān was Fażlun b. Fażl (Fażl III), who usurped the emirate from his father in 1073."^[1]

References

1. Peacock 2011.
2. Bosworth 1968, p. 95.

Sources

• Bosworth, C.E. (1968). "The Political and Dynastic History of the Iranian World". In Boyle, J.A. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 5:The Saljuq and Mongol Period. Cambridge University Press.
• Peacock, Andrew (2011). "Shaddadids". Encyclopaedia Iranica.