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Abu al-Abbas Ma'mun ibn Ma'mun, Khwarazmshah

أبو العباس مأمون بن مأمون خوارزمشاه

Last major Ma'munid (399–407/1008–1017 after Bosworth), to whom the caliph al-Qadir sent an envoy with a title recorded on his dirham of 405 AH: 'Ayn al-Dawla wa Zayn al-Milla' 1 2.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Ruler
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Persia & Central Asia

Life in time

9009259509751000102510501075110011251150 c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli

Trade and financePolitics, governance and authority

Summary

Abu al-Abbas Ma'mun ibn Ma'mun succeeded Ali ibn Ma'mun; the author, following Bosworth, dates his reign 399–407 AH (1008–1017). 1 Among the main events of his reign was the Abbasid caliph's sending him an envoy and a title, which appears on a dirham he struck in 405/1014. 1 2

The dirham of 405 AH

Its obverse carries the profession of God's oneness followed by "al-Qadir bi-llah, and his heir al-Ghalib bi-llah", with the remains of a margin reading "…the dirham in the city of Khwarazm in the year five…". 2 The reverse reads "Muhammad is the Messenger of God ﷺ; Ayn al-Dawla wa Zayn al-Milla Abu al-Abbas Khwarazm[shah]", surrounded by wording from al-Tawba 9:33, al-Saff 61:9 and al-Fath. 2 It weighs 7.10 g and measures 33–35 mm. 2 The author notes that this ruler's coins use a single kind of title. 3

Afterwards

In 1017 Mahmud of Ghazna conquered Khwarazm and placed his governor Altuntash over it. 4

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Ruler of
Ma'munids (Khwarazmshahs of Jurjaniyya)
Child of
Ma'mun ibn Muhammad, Khwarazmshah

People and things also explored

Ali ibn Ma'mun, Khwarazmshah· Ma'mun ibn Muhammad, Khwarazmshah· Ma'munids (Khwarazmshahs of Jurjaniyya)· Jurjaniyya (Gurgandj)· Muhammad ibn Ali, emir of Jurjaniyya· Afrighids (Khwarazmshahs of Kath)· Coins of the Khwarazmshah Era (Ismoilov)· Coinage of Islamic Khwarazm (8th–13th century)

Sources

  1. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 79
  2. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 80
  3. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 223
  4. Shohruxmirzo Ismoilov, Xorazmshohlar davri tangalari (VIII–XIII asr boshlarida) [Coins of the Khwarazmshah era, 8th–early 13th century], Bukhara: Durdona, 2025 , p. 11
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Abbas Ma'mun ibn Ma'mun, Khwarazmshah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-abbas-mamun-ibn-mamun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.

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