Ma'munids
The Maʾmunids (Persian: مأمونیان) were an independent dynasty of Iranian rulers[1] in Chorasmia.[2] Their reign was short-lived (995–1017), and they were in turn replaced by the expansionist Ghaznavids.
Ma'munid dynasty | |||||||||
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| 995–1017 | |||||||||
| Status | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Gurganj | ||||||||
| Common languages | Khwarezmian language | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Khwarazm-Shah | |||||||||
• 1017 | Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad (first) | ||||||||
• | Abu'l-Harith Muhammad (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 995 | ||||||||
• Ghaznavid conquest of Khwarezm. | 1017 | ||||||||
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Rulers and kingdom
The ancient Iranian kingdom of Khwarazm had been ruled until 995 by the old established line of Afrighids of Kath.[2] Khwarazm, or the classical Chorasmia, was the well irrigated and rich agricultural region of lower Oxus. Surrounded on all sides by steppe land and desert, it was geographically isolated from other areas of civilization. This isolation allowed it to maintain a separate distinctive Iranian language and culture.[2]
The Ma'munids replaced the ancient line of Afrighid Khwarazmshahs. The name of the rulers of this were:
1. Ma'mun I ibn Muhammad, 995-997
2. Abu al-Hasan Ali, son of Ma'mun I997-1008/1009
3. Ma'mun II, son of Ma'mun I, 1008-09
4. Abu'l-Harith Muhammad, son of Abu al-Hasan Ali, 1017
They were in turn displaced by the Ghaznavids.
Further reading
- "ĀL-E MAʾMŪN, C.E. Bosworth, in Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I, Fascicle 7, pp.762-764
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996, pp. 178-180
References
- "ĀL-E MAʾMŪN (or Maʾmunids)" in Encyclopedia Iranica by C.E. Bosworth
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996.