Sajids
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The Sajid dynasty was an Islamic dynasty that ruled the Iranian region of Azerbaijan
from 889-890 until 929. The Sajids originated from the Central Asian province of Ushrusana and were of Iranian(Sogdians)
descent. Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj Diwdad the son of Diwdad, the first Sajid ruler of Azerbaijan, was appointed as its ruler in 889 or 890. Muhammad's father Abi'l-Saj Devdad
had fought under the Ushrusanan prince Afshin
Khaydar during the latter's final campaign against the rebel Babak Khorramdin
in Azerbaijan, and later served the caliphs. Toward the end of the 9th century, as the central authority of the Abbasid Caliphate weakened, Muhammad was able to form a virtually independent state. Much of the Sajids' energies were spent in attempting to take control of neighboring Armenia
. The dynasty ended with the death of Abu'l-Musafir al-Fath in 929.
Azerbaijan (Iran)
Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan , also Iranian Azerbaijan, Persian Azarbaijan is a region in northwestern Iran. It is also historically known as Atropatene and Aturpatakan....
from 889-890 until 929. The Sajids originated from the Central Asian province of Ushrusana and were of Iranian(Sogdians)
descent. Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj Diwdad the son of Diwdad, the first Sajid ruler of Azerbaijan, was appointed as its ruler in 889 or 890. Muhammad's father Abi'l-Saj Devdad
Abi'l-Saj Devdad
Abi'l-Saj Devdad was an Abbasid military commander and the eponym of the Sajid dynasty of Azerbaijan. His father was named Devdasht.-Career:...
had fought under the Ushrusanan prince Afshin
Afshin
Afshin is a common Persian and Turkish given name, derived from the princely title of the rulers of Ošrūsana at the time of the Muslim conquest...
Khaydar during the latter's final campaign against the rebel Babak Khorramdin
Babak Khorramdin
Bābak Khorram-Din was one of the main Persian revolutionary leaders of the Iranian Khorram-Dinān , which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate. Khorramdin appears to be a compound analogous to dorustdin and Behdin "Good Religion" , and are considered an offshoot of...
in Azerbaijan, and later served the caliphs. Toward the end of the 9th century, as the central authority of the Abbasid Caliphate weakened, Muhammad was able to form a virtually independent state. Much of the Sajids' energies were spent in attempting to take control of neighboring Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
. The dynasty ended with the death of Abu'l-Musafir al-Fath in 929.
Chronology
- Abdu Ubaydullah Muhammad Ibn Abi'l-SajMuhammad Ibn Abi'l-SajMuhammad al-Afshin , an Iranian appoined general of Mo'tazed, was the first Sajid amir of Azerbaijan, from 889 or 890 until his death. He was the son of Abi'l-Saj Devdad.-Early career:...
(899-901) - Abul Musafir Devdad Ibn MuhammadDevdad Ibn MuhammadDevdad was the Sajid amir of Azerbaijan for a period in 901. He was the son of Muhammad al-Afshin.Devdad was installed as emir by the army following the death of his father in 901. After a reign of five months he was removed from power by his uncle Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-Saj and the walls of Maragha were...
(901) - Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-SajYusuf Ibn Abi'l-SajYusuf ibn Abi'l Saj was the Sajid amir of Azerbaijan from 901 until his death. He was the son of Abi'l-Saj Devdad.-War with Armenians and Georgians:...
(901-919)- SubukSubukSubuk was a ghulam who gained the governorship of Azerbaijan in 919 and held it for three years.In 919 Subuk's master, the Sajid Yusuf Ibn Abu'l-Saj, was captured by forces of the caliph, who he had been at war with. Acting in order to protect Yusuf's interests, Subuk took control of Azerbaijan...
(919-922) (a servant of the Sajids and a temporary care-taker)
- Subuk
- Yusuf (restored) (922-928)
- Fath b. Muhammad b. Abi 'l SajAbu'l-Musafir al-FathAbu'l-Musafir al-Fath was the last Sajid amir of Azerbaijan . He was the son of Muhammad al-Afshin.In 928 Abu'l-Musafir was invested with the government of Azerbaijan by the caliph after Abu'l-Musafir's uncle Yusuf Ibn Abi'l-Saj was killed. After only one and a half years of rule, however, he was...
(928-929)
Literature
- Madelung, Wilferd. "Minor Dynasties of Northern Iran." The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: The Period From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Ed. R. N. Frye. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975.
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996.
- V. Minorsky, Studies in Caucasian history, Cambridge University Press, 1957.