Shahanshah (Shirvanshah)

For other uses, see Shahanshah (disambiguation).

Shahanshah was the Shirvanshah from c. 1180 to c. 1203.^[1]

Shahanshah
Copper fulus of Shahanshah, located in the Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku
Shirvanshah
Reign	c. 1180 – c. 1203
Predecessor	Akhsitan I
Successor	Farrukhzad I
Died	c. 1203
Dynasty	Kasranids
Father	Manuchihr III

He was a son of Shirvanshah Manuchihr III (r. 1120 – after 1160). He had had three brothers, Akhsitan I, Afridun II, and Farrukhzad I.^[2] It has been proposed that Manuchihr III may have divided his kingdom amongst his sons upon his death,^[3] due to coin mints demonstrating the coinciding reign of Akhsitan I, Shahanshah, Afridun II and his son Fariburz II.^[4] Afridun II and Fariburz II may have ruled in the western part of the kingdom,^[5] while coin mints of Shahanshah demonstrate that he was based in Shamakhi. However, the latter has also been suggested to have been the successor of Akhsitan I.^[3]

References

1. Kouymjian 1969, p. 241.
2. Kouymjian 1969, p. 242.
3. Kouymjian 1969, p. 188.
4. Kouymjian 1969, pp. 184–194.
5. Kouymjian 1969, p. 193.

Sources

• Kouymjian, Dickran (1969). A Numismatic History of Southeastern Caucasia and Adharbayjan based on the Islamic Coinage of the 5th/11th to the 7th/13th Centuries. Columbia University.

Shahanshah (Shirvanshah) House of Shirvanshah  Died: c. 1203
Regnal titles
Preceded by Akhsitan I	Shirvanshah c. 1180 – c. 1203	Succeeded by Farrukhzad I