Muhammad of Layzan
| Muhammad ibn Yazid | |
|---|---|
| Shah of Layzan | |
| Reign | ?–917 |
| Predecessor | Yazid ibn Khalid |
| Successor | Abu Tahir Yazid |
| Died | c. 917 |
| House | Yazidids |
| Dynasty | Shirvanshah |
| Father | Yazid ibn Khalid |
Muhammad was second Shah of Layzan whose father was first Layzanshah Yazid ibn Khalid, a member of junior branch of Yazidids. He was nephew of first independent Shirvanshah Haytham I.
Nothing about his reign is known in sources except for that his "rule lasted a long time, his prestige grew and his affairs prospered".[1] He was thought to be a Shirvanshah earlier because of a confusing note left by al-Masudi who mentioned that it was Muhammad ibn Yazid that annexed principalities of Khursān (lands south to Derbent) and Vardān (north of Quba).[2] According to Vladimir Minorsky, this confusion is a result of both father and son of Abu Tahir Yazid having same name.[3]
Muhammad of Layzan was clearly from a different branch and not Shirvanshah[4] and probably died c. 917.
References
[edit]- ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 29.
- ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 81-82.
- ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 59.
- ^ Akopyan, Alexander (2009-01-01). "A donative dirham of the Shirwānshāh Muhammad ibn Ahmad (AH 370-81) struck in Barda'a in AH 373 (982/3)". The Numismatic Chronicle.
Sources
[edit]- Minorsky, Vladimir (1958). A History of Sharvān and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd.