Masud ibn Namdar was a Kurdish

Kurdish people

The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...

 collector of local documents who wrote some forty years after the fall of Shaddadids of Ganja

Ganja, Azerbaijan

Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The city regained its original name—Ganja—from 1920–1935 during the first part of its incorporation into the Soviet Union. However, its name was changed again and...

. He was the author of collection of documents relating to the area of Arran. His records, compiled about 1111, discuss the revolt of Askuya against his father Fadl as well as other current events.. Also from the correspondence collected by him, it seems that Ganja was temporarily occupied by the Shirvanshah

Shirvanshah

Shirvanshah also spelled as Shīrwān Shāh or Sharwān Shāh, was the title in mediaeval Islamic times of an Arab in Ethnos but speedily Persianized dynasty within their culturally Persian environment. The Shirvanshah established a native state in Shirvan...

 Fariburz. Overall, his records provide important information on the history of the Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

 and are used by historians to sketch the events of his time.

See also

• List of Kurdish Writers