Ala al-Dawla ibn Kakuya

علاء الدولة بن كاكويه

Ala al-Dawla ibn Kakuya, Daylamite king of Isfahan; he gave Sultan Mahmud ibn Subuktigin allegiance and the khutba in 420 AH, and when Mas'ud ibn Mahmud took Isfahan and left a lieutenant the townsfolk rose and killed him — he was amir of Rayy in 429 when the Ghuzz stormed it with plunder and massacre.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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علاء الدولة بن كاكويه ملك الديلم على أصفهان، من حكام الدولة الكاكويهية. 1

أطاع السلطان محمود بن سبكتكين وخطب له سنة 420هـ. ثم قصد مسعود بن محمود أصفهان فملكها منه، واستخلف عليها بعض أصحابه، فثار أهلها بعامله وقتلوه. 1

كان أمير الري سنة 429هـ حين اقتحمها الغز، فأفحشوا في النهب والقتل بحسب ابن خلدون. 1

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Ruler of
Kakuyid dynasty
Founder of
Kakuyid dynasty

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Ala al-Dawla Karsasf ibn Qaramard al-Kakuyi· Kakuyid dynasty

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Ala al-Dawla Karsasf ibn Qaramard al-Kakuyi

Ala al-Dawla Karsasf ibn Qaramard ibn Kakuya, lord of Yazd of the Daylamite Kakuyids; son-in-law of the sultans Muhammad ibn Malikshah and Sanjar upon their sister and partisan of Muhammad — when Mahmud ibn Muhammad summoned him he delayed, so his lands were granted to Qaraja al-Saqi who later ruled Fars.