وشمكير بن زيار

وشمكير بن زيار

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Washmakir ibn Ziyar, brother of Mardawij ibn Ziyar of the Gilanite brothers of the Daylam; summoned from Gilan in 320 AH to back his brother and given the great commands, he took Tabaristan and Jurjan after Mardawij's killing and contested Rayy and Isfahan with Rukn al-Dawla ibn Buya — expelled from Isfahan in 327 then recovered it, lost Rayy to Abu Ali ibn Muhtaj of Khurasan and fell back on Tabaristan, and won Jurjan from al-Hasan ibn al-Fayruzan with Nuh ibn Saman's aid, staying locked in rivalry with the Buyids over the Jibal and Jurjan.