Shamla takes Fārs — and is driven out of it

ملك شملة فارس وإخراجه عنها

c. 1170 CE · 566 AH

Fars

Shamla, an emir of the Khazarj Turks, took Fārs, then its people rose together and expelled him — Fārs then being the disputed prize of the Salghurid atabegs after the Buyids' extinction 1.

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116011701180 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Shamla

Commanders: Shamla the Turk

the people of Fārs & the Salghurids

Summary

Shamla, one of the Turkish amirs known as the Khazraj, seized the land of Fars and ruled its people. They then united against him, drove him out and recovered their land. At that time Fars was held in turn by the Salghurids, after the Buyids had died out. 1

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Fars
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Shamla the Turk· the Salghurids

People and things also explored

the conquest of Fasa and Darabjird (24 AH)· The Joint Conquests of Fars· The Atabeg Sa'd of Fars and his sons· Muwatta 755· Fars

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 19
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