المرزبان بن محمد السلاري
المرزبان بن محمد السلاري
The Sallarid amir of Azerbaijan; after the Rus sack of Barda'a in 332 he mustered thirty thousand, ground them down with feints and ambush, killed their prince and besieged the rest in the Shahrastan fort until Hamdanid moves on Azerbaijan recalled him 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Review
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Overview
Al-Marzuban ibn Muhammad al-Sallari, amir of Azerbaijan from the Banu Sallar. The museum's sources say that he gathered the people when the Rus came down on Radhaʿa in 332 AH. 2
Confronting the Rus
He had thirty thousand men with him. He fought the Rus in the morning and drew back to them in the evening, and he would not return except with his wounds bound. 2
Then he devised a stratagem: he lay in ambush for them and pursued them until they passed the place of the ambush. He killed many of them, among them their amir. He besieged the rest in the fortress of Shahrastan. 2
Leaving the siege
He left them when news reached him that Abu Abdallah ibn Sa'id ibn Hamdan was marching on Azerbaijan, and that Tuzun had died. 2
Connections
- Fought by
- Daysim ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi
- Child of
- Muhammad ibn Musafir al-Tarumi
- Founder of
- Musafirid (Sallarid) dynasty
- Participated in
- ملك الروس مدينة بردعة
People and things also explored
Bardha'a (Partaw)· ملك الروس مدينة بردعة· Daysim ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi· Muhammad ibn Musafir al-Tarumi· Musafirid (Sallarid) dynasty
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 308-310
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.308-310
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islam.museum contributors. “المرزبان بن محمد السلاري”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/marzuban-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.