Daysim ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi
دسيم بن إبراهيم الكردي
Daysim ibn Ibrahim the Kurd; rival of al-Marzuban's house for Azerbaijan, invited in by its people to fight them — he held Azerbaijan and beat the Hamdanids off its mines, but when the Daylam in his host defected to al-Marzuban he was besieged in Tabriz, fled to Ardabil then to Hajjiq ibn al-Dayrani of Armenia, and the kingship settled for al-Marzuban in 330 AH.
At a glance
- Roles
- military-commander
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Overview
Daysim ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi, a commander who contested Azerbaijan with al-Marzuban ibn Muhammad in the fourth century AH. 1
The contest over Azerbaijan
Ibn Khaldun says that he disputed with Lashkari ibn al-Marzuban and his sons, and the people of Azerbaijan summoned him to fight them. He seized the region and overcame the Hamdanids in its mines. 1 See al-Marzuban ibn Muhammad.
The defeat
The Daylam who were with him, who had come from the army of Washmgir, had been won over by al-Marzuban and went over to him. Daysim besieged him at Tabriz, then fled to Ardabil and then to Armenia, where he settled with its ruler Hajiq ibn al-Dirani. Al-Marzuban's rule was established in 330 AH. 1
Connections
- Fought
- المرزبان بن محمد السلاري
People and things also explored
ملك الروس مدينة بردعة· Muhammad ibn Musafir al-Tarumi· Musafirid (Sallarid) dynasty· المرزبان بن محمد السلاري
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1226
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