Shahanshah
Copper fulus of Shahanshah, located in the Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku
Shirvanshah
Reignc.1180 – c.1203
PredecessorAkhsitan I
SuccessorFarrukhzad I
Diedc.1203
DynastyKasranids
FatherManuchihr III

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

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

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.


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